Study Sheet with Portraits of Hans Hess and Albert Klesse

1894

Otto Greiner

Associated Names
Otto Greiner

Artist, German, 1869 - 1916

The image shows dark, swirling lines and shapes forming an abstract composition resembling a layered portrait. Two faces are created by bold, shadowy strokes: one large face with a hat and obscured features, and another smaller face with clearer details. Light and dark areas create contrast in the image, connecting the elements to familiar forms like figures in thought or partially concealed by darkness.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 25 November 2020, no. 5424); (via C.G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1917

  • Vogel, Julius. Otto Greiners graphische Arbeiten in Lithographie, Stich und Radierung; wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis. Berlin, 1917: no. 52.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left in graphite: R. 3350 x; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Sudienblatt, V. 52 / (Mit den Bilnissen der Maler Hans Hess und Albert Klesse) / #467; lower left in graphite: O. Greiner; lower center in image: Otto Gr. / 1894(?)

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