The Composer Bernd Bosseljon

1923

Conrad Felixmüller

Associated Names
Conrad Felixmüller

Artist, German, 1897 - 1977

The artwork is an abstract representation of a person from the shoulders up in a forward-facing position with a slight downward tilt. The facial features are exaggerated with geometric lines and shadows. The hair is dense and voluminous with dark, swirling strokes. The person is wearing a coat and appears to be near a piano, with hands near piano keys in the corner. A piece of sheet music with notations is visible on the left. The background consists of abstracted shadowed elements blending into the central figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon lithograph in black on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Epstein Family Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.7 x 30.4 cm (16 7/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 51.7 x 38.9 cm (20 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.40.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Söhn 1975, no. 313

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maas, Berlin); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 39.

Bibliography

1975

  • Söhn, Gerhart. Conrad Felixmüller: Das Graphische Werk 1912-1977. Düsseldorf, 1975.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: FM (in monogram); lower left below image in graphite: Lithographie 18/40.; lower right below image in graphite: Felixmüller / 1923.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Komponist Bosseljon

Wikidata ID

Q75396889

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