Self-Portrait with an Etching Needle

1919

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image shows a close-up view of a man from the shoulders upwards. The man is sitting in a slightly hunched position, looking down with one hand under his chin. He has distinctive facial features with wrinkles on his forehead and a thoughtful expression. His hair is depicted as sparse and receding. The man is wearing clothing around his neck, and the background is plain with no other elements. There are no visible items of jewelry or other objects.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.9 × 18.8 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 38 × 27.7 cm (14 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.371

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, no. 53, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 14, 1984; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1985.

Bibliography

1991

  • Flammann, Winfried. Ludwig Meidner: 1884-1966; das druckgraphische Werk, ein Überblick. Hofheim am Taunus, 1991: no. 53, only

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, in graphite: L. Meidner / 1919

Wikidata ID

Q76556750

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