August Strindberg

1911

Max Oppenheimer

Associated Names
Max Oppenheimer

Artist, Austrian, 1885 - 1954

The image is a black and white sketch depicting a head and partial upper neck of a person, with no complete body visible. The person is facing forward, and their head is tilted slightly downward. The facial features include deep set eyes, a prominent wrinkled forehead, a distinct nose, and a mouth that appears as a blend of a frown and a neutral expression. The hair is voluminous and tousled, with defined, wavy strokes cascading outward. The person does not seem to be wearing any visible clothing or jewelry. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing attention entirely on the facial features, with some hatching lines suggesting shadowing and texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.3 × 12.8 cm (6 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 44.6 × 31.6 cm (17 9/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.428

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pabst 1993, no. 2, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 10, 2003; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Pabst, Michael. Max Oppenheimer: Verzeichnis der Druckgrafik. Munich: Galerie Michael Pabst, 1993: no. 2, only

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: 21/50; below image, at right, in graphite: MOPP

Wikidata ID

Q76556893

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