THE COLLECTION
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)
Evening Patrol (Patrouillenritt am Abend)
- Date:
- (1915)
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 20 x 23 5/16" (50.8 x 59.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 21 7/16 x 25" (54.5 x 63.5 cm)
- Paper:
- Yellow, smooth, laid.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- The artist, Berlin
- Edition:
- 1 of three proofs of state II (total edition, states I-III: 6 known impressions)
- Credit Line:
- Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Edward John Noble Foundation Fund, and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Fund
- Reference:
- Sch. (L)282. Dube (L)303/II. Gercken 762.
- MoMA Number:
- 65.2002
- Themes:
- War
- Techniques:
- Lithography
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
This print, which the artist made shortly after his discharge from military service following a nervous breakdown, represents the riding instruction Kirchner had received as part of his training. The anxiety he felt about his service is conveyed in the nervous energy of his gestural style. Kirchner suffered from medical and psychological problems for the rest of his life as a result of the war; he committed suicide in 1938.