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Self-Portrait

1920

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names

Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image depicts a person seated from the shoulders up. The individual's head is slightly turned to the right, with their gaze towards the viewer. The facial features include deep-set eyes, a prominent brow, and closely cropped or bald hair with textured lines. The person wears a textured garment, and there are no visible jewelry or objects. The background features expressive strokes creating a sense of movement and depth to the portrait.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph on laid paper
Credit Line

Given in memory of Thomas F. Hancock by his family and friends
Dimensions

sheet: 62 x 50.8 cm (24 7/16 x 20 in.)
Accession Number

2002.97.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Flammann 1991, no. 74, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass, Berlin); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Maass, Jörg

Exhibition History

2004

Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1991

Flammann, Winfried. Ludwig Meidner: 1884-1966; das druckgraphische Werk, ein Überblick. Hofheim am Taunus, 1991: no. 74, only

2002

Jörg Maass Kunsthandel. Ausgewählte Arbeiten auf Papier von Max Liebermann bis Gerhard Richter. Berlin, 2002: 54.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: LMeidner; lower right in block: 1920; lower left in graphite: 1.

Wikidata ID

Q76347953

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