Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Aschaffenburg 1880 – 1938 Davos). Spinning top players. Circa 1934/36 Brush and India ink and watercolour over pencil on heavy wove paper. 36,5 × 51,3 cm (14 ⅜ × 20 ¼ in.). Signed at the centre of the right margin: E L Kirchner. On the reverse lower left the violet stamp: NACHLASS E.L. KIRCHNER (Lugt 1570b); therein inscribed in black ink: A Da/Bh 3. [3063] Provenance: Private Collection, USA / Private Collection, Europe (acquired 2002 at Grisebach, Berlin) Literature and illustration: Auction 105: Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Villa Grisebach, 30.11.2002, cat. no. 215, ill The work is auctioned on behalf of and for the benefit of a European charitable foundation