Adolph Menzel Wearing a Top Hat
c. 1885
Artist, German, 1857 - 1891
Printer, German, 1854 - 1920
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with drypoint on chine collé
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Credit Line
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
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Dimensions
plate: 39.6 × 29.7 cm (15 9/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
sheet: 54.8 × 36.4 cm (21 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.) -
Accession
2020.167.14
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 1907, no. 13, IIIb
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Christopher and Beverly With, Washington, D.C.); gift to NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1907
Lehrs, Max. Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857-1891) ein Verzeichnis seiner Radierungen und Stiche, Dresden, 1907: no. 13 IIIb
Inscriptions
lower right in image: Menze. / ad. viv / Stauffer-Bern Nov 85; below plate: Karl Stauffer-Bern fecit; O Felsing, Berlin impr; Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin W.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Stauffer-Bern: Adolf Menzel (fast Lebensgrosser Kopf mit [not deciphered]), Lehrs 13.III.[not deciphered]