Seated Harlequin

1922

Heinrich Campendonk

Associated Names
Heinrich Campendonk

Artist, German, 1889 - 1957

The image depicts a composition of bold, angular lines and contrasting black and white shapes forming an abstract representation. A seated figure with a uniquely patterned headdress and detailed leggings is in the foreground. Another simplified silhouette stands behind the figure, and an abstract depiction of an animal-like face is to the right, accompanied by swirling leaf-like forms. Geometric shapes and patterns fill the background, with a bowl containing a pear and apple next to a solitary leaf.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 49.8 x 39.8 cm (19 5/8 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.264

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engels 1959, no. 59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased January 26, 1973; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1985: no. 76.

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Bibliography

1959

  • Engels, Mathias T. Campendonk Holzschnitte; Werkverzeichnis. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1959.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Campendonk

Wikidata ID

Q76342088

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