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Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

1973

Max Kaus

Associated Names

Max Kaus

Artist, German, 1891 - 1977

The image depicts an abstract representation of a person's face within a square frame. The face is slightly turned, facing forward but tilted to one side. The facial features are stylized with bold, thick lines, including the eyes, nose, and mouth. The hair is rendered with thick, irregular lines. The background contrasts with the face, creating a stark visual effect. The image includes the artist's signature and the year "73" at the bottom left of the square.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Dimensions

image: 17.46 × 16.03 cm (6 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 32.39 × 25.08 cm (12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2019.156.10
Catalogue Raisonné

Krause 2016, no. H 1973/3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher and Beverly With, Washington, D.C.; acquired 2019 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

With, Christopher

Bibliography

2016

Krause, Markus. Max Kaus: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik. Munich: Hirmer, 2016, no. H 1973/3.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: M Kaus 73

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