Portrait F. (Egmont R. O. Seyerlen)

1914

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image shows a sketch of a man's head and partial upper neck. The man's head is tilted slightly downward. His facial features are sharp and pronounced with deeply etched lines outlining his forehead, cheeks, and jaw, giving a textured, aged appearance. The hair is thin and slicked back, revealing a prominent forehead. The man's eyes are closed, and his eyebrows are thick and furrowed. Wisps of hair trace down towards his well-defined ear. He has a finely detailed beard. No clothing or jewelry is visible, and the background is a plain, light-toned surface. The bottom right corner bears a signature and the year "1924" in script.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.5 × 11.7 cm (5 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 33 × 24.1 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, no. 12, 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. 12, only

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, at right: LMeidner / 1914; below image, in graphite, by later hand: 3567 1269/23 / Bildnis F.

Wikidata ID

Q76347973

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