Head of a Girl

1924

Max Kaus

Associated Names
Max Kaus

Artist, German, 1891 - 1977

The image depicts a portrait of a person's upper body, focusing on the head and shoulders. The individual is facing forward with a direct gaze. Their facial features include pronounced eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a well-defined nose and lips. The hair is dark and appears to be of medium length, framing the face. The person is dressed in an outfit with dark fabric around the neck. The background is textured with speckled patterns. The portrait has a monochromatic palette with an emphasis on line work and shading.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black and aquatint in brown on cream wove paper, attached to a support sheet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.9 × 27.7 cm (12 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 44.1 × 34.6 cm (17 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.306

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krause 2016, no. R 1922/1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Heinrich Ehmsen, Berlin. (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 15, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2016

  • Krause, Markus. Max Kaus: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik. Munich: Hirmer, 2016, no. R 1922/1.

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: MKaus 1924 / Für Heinr. Ehmsen / herzl. / V. M. u. B Kaus; below image, at right, in graphite, by later hand: KH

Wikidata ID

Q76556583

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