The image depicts flowing and angular lines creating an abstract representation of two human figures amidst geometric shapes. One figure wears an angular dress and interacts with abstract background shapes, while the other figure is sketched with curving lines suggesting movement, with a pattern resembling stripes.
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Dancers in Studio

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1911

Medium
drypoint
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 18 x 20.7 cm (7 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.) ; sheet: 19 x 22 cm (7 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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