An Elegant Young Man Glancing to the Side

1928

Hanna Nagel

Associated Names
Hanna Nagel

Artist, German, 1907 - 1975

The drawing depicts a man seated from the waist up with his arms crossed on a surface. He is facing left with a sharp jawline and deep-set eyes, short hair, and is wearing a suit with a bow tie. The background includes a mix of dark and light shading with an indistinct face sketched to the left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithographic crayon, graphite, and brush and black ink on wove paper, attached to artist's mount

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.1 x 30.2 cm (10 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
    mount: 30.2 x 26.5 cm (11 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Theobald Jennings, London); purchased in 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed and dated by artist, upper right in lithographic crayon, Nagel Okt 28; by artist, middle left in graphite: Conz; by artist, on mount lower left in graphite, Z114; by artist, on mount lower right in graphite: bei Conz

Markings

Stamp, verso, purple: Frau Hanna Nagel/ Graphikerin/HEIDELBERG/Quinkestrasse 55

Wikidata ID

Q64572914

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