Potsdamer Platz
1914 · Oil on canvas · Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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About this work
- Artist
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
- Year
- 1914
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 200 × 150 cm
- Collection
- Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
- Movement
- Expressionism
Two tall women in feathered hats stand on a round traffic island in a green square, one in a black veil and coat, the other in blue with a pale, mask-like face; behind them dark-suited men stride across the road and the pink arches of a station rise against a night-blue sky. Kirchner painted it in Berlin in 1914. The Neue Nationalgalerie identifies the curved front of a pleasure palace on the left and the entrance to Potsdamer Bahnhof at the centre. The women are prostitutes waiting for customers; Kirchner added the black widow's veil, a wartime fashion, after war broke out. The museum acquired it in 1999.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Acid green, deep blue and black make a bold, urban picture for a living room, hallway or office with white walls. Pair it with Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge at 18×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1914)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, home office, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
