Franz Roh

1930

Aenne Biermann

Associated Names
Aenne Biermann

Artist, German, 1898 - 1933

The image depicts a close-up view of a person's face, emphasizing the eyes, nose, and mouth, with no other body parts in view. The face fills the frame, with the eyes looking at the camera. The person wears thin-rimmed round glasses, and there are signs of aging around the eyes. The mouth is closed with slightly pursed lips. The image is in black and white, and the background is blurred, focusing solely on the facial features.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 – July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

on verso, center left stamped in blue ink: dr. franz roh [underlined] / münchen 39 / pick[vi?]strasse 11 / telefon 60277; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: May 1930; bottom left: 29. A. Bier II

Wikidata ID

Q64032467

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