{"id":2724,"title":"Dance Training","medium":"Oil on canvas","classification":"Paintings","dimension":"47 x 35 1/4 in. (119.38 x 89.54 cm) (canvas)","object_name":"Painting","continent":"Europe","country":"Germany","nationality":"German","dated":"1910–11 (altered 1920)","room":"G371","role":"Artist","inscription":"Signature and Stamp","signed":"UR (scratched in green paint): [EL Kirchner]; UL (scratched in green paint): [k]; LL on verso: [E.L.Kirchner]; estate stamp on reverse [KN-Be/Bg 1a]; LL on verso (in green, partially covered up with patch): [EL Kirchner Berlin Wilmersdorf","text":"The many nudes in Kirchner's works reflect his interest in sexual freedom and the contemporary cults of nudity and athleticism. He also frequently used the dance atelier to symbolize his own studio, a communal workshop for members of The Bridge (Die Brücke). By combining nude figures with studio settings, Kirchner evoked the frank spontaneity and bohemian sensuality so admired by all the Brücke painters.","provenance":"Estate of the artist; (Curt Valentin [d. 1954] through Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, New York by 1955); Charles and Nucy Meech, Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1955 through 1980; gift to MIA in 1980.","creditline":"Gift of Mrs. Charles Meech","Catalog_Raisonne":"Gordon, 172.","accession_number":"80.27","artist":"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner","life_date":"German, 1880–1938","department":"European Art","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":2032,"image_height":2657,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"80    27","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"002000\\700\\20\\2724","Primary_RenditionNumber":"20031231_mia341_0878.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","TitleAlt":"Tanztraining, Ballet Lesson (Ballettraining)","restricted":1,"related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Kirchner, Dance Training","_id":"2724","objectId":"2724","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p392.mp3","number":"392","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-02-04T06:00:50.797Z"}