The Artist's Daughter Käthe Reading in a Chair

1893/1895

Max Liebermann

Associated Names
Max Liebermann

Artist, German, 1847 - 1935

The image shows a young girl seated in an armchair, engrossed in reading a book. She has short dark hair, is wearing a light-colored dress, and dark-striped socks. The chair has sketched lines indicating a cushioned texture, and there are fabric details on the lower part of the chair. The background is minimal with indistinct lines.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Egon Meilicke, Berlin. (sale, Neumeister, Munich, 10 December 1986, no. 844); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Hundert Jahre Berliner Kunst, Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin, 1929, no. 904.

1959

  • Max Liebermann, Rathaus Reinickendorf/ Rathaus Tempelhof, Berlin, no. 67, fig. 9.

1962

  • Von Menzel bis Corinth: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Lithographien aus Privatbesitz. Kunstamt Reinickendorf/Kunstamt Schöneberg. Berlin, 1962, no. 71.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 34, 36, 38, 298-299, no. 119 (entry by Peter Prange).

Bibliography

1918

  • Elias, Julius. Max Liebermann zu Hause. Berlin, 1918: 31.

1922

  • Wolff, Hans, ed. Zeichnungen von Max Liebermann. Dresden, 1922: pl. 55.

1930

  • Ostwald, Hans. Das Liebermann-Buch. Berlin, 1930: 259, no. 127.

1955

  • Der Tagesspiegel, 8 February 1955, no. 2862: 3 (reprod.).

Inscriptions

signed at lower left in black chalk: M. Liebermann; verso at upper right in graphite: Max Liebermann/Lesendes Mädchen

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64614139

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