Portrait of a Man

1916

Werner Gothein

Associated Names
Werner Gothein

Artist, German, 1890 - 1968

The image features a portrait of a person from the shoulders up. The individual is slightly off-center, facing the viewer directly. They have distinctive facial features, including deeply set eyes, a prominent nose, and a large mustache. The person has short, dark hair with textured flow. They are wearing a patterned shirt with a checkered design near the collar, possibly paired with an overcoat or outer garment. In the background, there is a table with objects like a bottle, a bowl, and a piece of fruit, as well as an overhead lamp casting shadows. The style of the image is expressive and abstract, with strong contrasts and textured lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove light grey paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 40 × 30.6 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 56.9 × 44 cm (22 3/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.226


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 5, 2003; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, at right, in graphite: Gothein 16

Wikidata ID

Q76556399

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