Eugen Klöpfer

1920

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image shows a sketch of a person's head and neck, in a frontal position with their head slightly turned to one side. The facial features are prominently drawn with shading, especially around the eyes which are looking sideways. The sketch is stylized, focusing on the face's contours. The hair is short to medium length, with visible curls and waves depicted with bold lines. There is no clothing detail visible. The background is plain, emphasizing the face and the drawing's lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 × 12.3 cm (6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.368

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, undesc.

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: undisc.

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: Meidner; on verso, by various later hands, in graphite: "Frauenkopf"; P8823, do Rav (?); Auk. (?); 5.-

Wikidata ID

Q76556744

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