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Following his discharge from the military after a mental and physical breakdown in 1915, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took refuge at a sanitarium near Davos, Switzerland. The alpine landscape provided a new focus for his work and became a metaphor for his spiritual regeneration. Kirchner sketched this scene with black ink swept over graphite. His viewpoint is one of self-absorption, from within the mountain range rather than from above, a subjective view with vigorous marks that imbue the scene with energy.
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Document identity
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140070
label
Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees
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obj
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drawing
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1
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140070
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drawing
title
Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees
description
Following his discharge from the military after a mental and physical breakdown in 1915, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took refuge at a sanitarium near Davos, Switzerland. The alpine landscape provided a new focus for his work and became a metaphor for his spiritual regeneration. Kirchner sketched this scene with black ink swept over graphite. His viewpoint is one of self-absorption, from within the mountain range rather than from above, a subjective view with vigorous marks that imbue the scene with energy.
date
1918/19
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80037692
creators
3155
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 34.6 x 50.7 cm (13 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
cul
Germany, 20th century
accession
1963.86
Source extras
tec
graphite and brush and black ink
tombstone
Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees, 1918/19. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938). Graphite and brush and black ink; sheet: 34.6 x 50.7 cm (13 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1963.86
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description
cream(2) wove paper
collection
DR - German
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 197
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 197
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 245
creditline
Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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2026-05-29 07:10:27.696000
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140070
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Drawings
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DR - German
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graphite and brush and black ink
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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3e9e748987a30005