Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938), Potsdamer Platz. 1914. Oil on canvas. 6' 6 3/4 x 59 1/16" (200 x 150 cm). Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. (Photograph by Joerg P. Anders. © Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, New York. © Ingeborg and Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern.) (Detail)
NEW YORK.- Kirchner and the Berlin Street is a focused investigation of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s (German, 1880-1938) renowned Berlin Street Scenes of 1913-1915, bringing together seven major paintings of the series, the first time these paintings have ever been shown together. With the unusual motif of the prostitute, and a visual language of jagged form[...]