Venetian II

1910

Hermann Struck

Associated Names
Hermann Struck

Artist, German, 1876 - 1944

The image shows a man in a slightly hunched forward position, with a somber and contemplative demeanor. His face features strong lines, a full beard, and a furrowed brow. His hair is wavy and slightly disheveled. He is depicted wearing dark, layered clothing with abstracted details. The background is textured with scattered lines and spots. There are no visible accessories or objects in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 × 14.8 cm (7 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 32 × 23.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.475

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rusel 1997, no. 220, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad Graeber Fine Art, Glyndon, MD); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 2, 2002; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1997

  • Rusel, Jane. Hermann Struck (1876-1944): Das Leben und das graphische Werk eines jüdischen Künstlers. Frankfurt am Main, 1997: no. 220, only

Inscriptions

signed below image, in graphite: Hermann Struck; dated and signed in plate, at top right: 1910 HS; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 2x2 / E. 86. 72 / 30 N. 202 Venesianer I. 450; on verso, in pink marker: E. k. 203 (?)

Wikidata ID

Q76557007

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