Portrait of Israel Ber Neumann

1914

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image is an etching of a middle-aged person looking slightly to their left. The portrait shows the person from the shoulders up, with emphasis on the facial features such as the eyes, eyebrows, and hairstyle. The person is wearing a jacket with a visible collar. The background is plain, and the etching includes the inscription "Febr. 1917" on the left and a signature in the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.7 × 11.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.2 × 24.3 cm (13 1/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, undisc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 25, 1992, lot 481); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Flammann, Winfried. Ludwig Meidner: 1884-1966; das druckgraphische Werk, ein Überblick. Hofheim am Taunus, 1991: undisc.

Inscriptions

lettered in plate, at lower left: Febr. 1914; signed below image, in graphite: L. Meidner; at the bottom of the sheet, in graphite, by later hand: 3566; 1269/23 / Bildnis I. N.

Wikidata ID

Q76347941

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