Nude Figure [reverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner created the oil painting Nude Figure [reverse] in 1915. Following the artist's death, the work passed to his estate before entering the collection of Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer in Lugano. On December 26, 1978, the painting was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay of Washington, D.C., alongside Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen of Chevy Chase, Maryland. The work was subsequently gifted to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1979.

The painting Nude Figure [reverse] by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It entered the museum's holdings in 1979 as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen. Prior to this donation, the work was purchased on December 26, 1978, by the same collectors from Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer in Lugano. The artwork's provenance traces back to the artist and his estate before passing through the gallery.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painted Nude Figure [reverse] in 1907 using oil on canvas. The work presents a solitary female nude holding a white towel, turned slightly toward the viewer while her torso faces left. A bright yellow wall forms the backdrop, contrasted by a dark area on the left side of the picture plane.

Nude Figure [reverse] belongs to the period when Kirchner and his Die Brücke colleagues sought to break from academic conventions, favoring vivid color and direct emotional expression. The work reflects the group’s interest in the human figure as a vehicle for exploring modern psychological states.