Pola

1921

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image shows a person seated and facing slightly to their left, with a hand raised to their chest. The individual's facial features are detailed, with pronounced eyebrows, a long nose, and a small mouth. The person has short, wavy hair. They are wearing a loose-fitting garment, possibly a robe or blouse, with vertical lines suggesting fabric texture. The background is an abstract pattern of dots and lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.3 × 20.2 cm (10 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.2 × 28.4 cm (15 1/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.53

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, no. 113, State only

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: no. 113, only

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: Meidner; titled at the bottom of the sheet, at left, in graphite: Pola; below image, at left, in graphite, by later hand: 38

Wikidata ID

Q76347976

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