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Wrestlers in a Circus

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909

Wrestlers in a Circus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Wrestlers in a Circus by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 94 cm × 81 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

94 cm × 81 cm

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 81 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
81 cm
Width
94 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
Germany, 20th century
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Unframed: 80.5 x 94 cm (31 11/16 x 37 in.)
Credit
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art and Bequest of William R. Valentiner

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
94 cm × 81 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1909. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art and Bequest of William R. Valentiner.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in Germany, 20th century, Germany, 20th century.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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