The Artist's Future Wife (Anna Luder)

1895

Cuno Amiet

Associated Names
Cuno Amiet

Artist, Swiss, 1868 - 1961

The image is a portrait showing the upper part of a person's body in profile, from the chest upwards. The individual is facing to the right, with their head turned slightly away from the viewer. The person's facial features are delicately rendered with smooth, subtle lines. They have a strong profile with noticeable cheekbones. Their hair is styled under the hat, which has a prominent flower or decorative element on the brim. The person is wearing a dark garment that appears to be a coat or a jacket. The background of the image is a dark, textured surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virgina and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.3 × 12 cm (6 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 22.5 × 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.66.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mandach 1939, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Nicholaas Teeuwisse OHG, Berlin); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • Mandach, Conrad von. "Cuno Amiet, Vollständiges Verzeichnis der Druckgraphik des Künstlers." Jahresaugabe der Schweiz. Graphischen Gesellschaft. Thun and Bern: 1939

Inscriptions

in plate, below image, at left: CA 1895; below image, at right, in graphite: C. Amiet

Markings

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Watermarks

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