Portrait of Miss Buchholz

1922

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a person facing slightly to their right. The person's head is slightly tilted, with delicate facial features, large eyes, a prominent nose, and styled back hair with a soft wave. They are wearing a garment with a round neckline and a tie or bow at the front, with the top of the sleeve visible. The background is plain and unadorned, emphasizing the detailed portrait.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 × 15 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    plate: 32.2 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, no. 134, 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. 134, only

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: Meidner; numbered below image, at left, in graphite: 11/15; at the bottom of the sheet, in graphite, by later hand: Frl. Bucholz, Ruv. (?)

Wikidata ID

Q76347979

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