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Ludwig Meidner

Lot 216
Selbstbildnis, 1912
Pencil

14.6 x 13.0 in (37.0 x 33.0 cm)

Lot 216
Selbstbildnis, 1912
Pencil
14.6 x 13.0 in (37.0 x 33.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
Auction: 14 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

Lot Details
Pencil. Monogrammed and dated lower left. With the estate stamp (not in Lugt) and the handwritten inventory number “II/83” on the reverse. On wove paper. 37 x 33 cm. , size of sheet. [AW].
- Dynamic self-portrait with rigorous lines. - In 1912, the year it was painted, exhibited at Herwarth Walden's famous gallery “Der Sturm”. - Featured in the major retrospective of the artist's work at Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt in 1991 and at the Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, in 2009. - The portrait as a genre is a central motif in Meidner's oeuvre. - Meidner's works are part of renowned international collections, including the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Ludwig Meidner. Zeichner, Maler, Literat 1884-1966, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, September 15 - December 1, 1991, vol. II, p. 44 (illustrated). Ludwig Meidner. Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau, 1994, cat. no. 5, p. 19 (illustrated). Fixsterne. 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier. Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, May 31 - Sept. 20, 2009, p. 33 (illustrated)
From the artist's estate (1966). Wilhelm Loth Collection, Darmstadt. From a Swiss collection
In good condition. With slight traces from the production process in the outer margins. Isolated tiny brown spots, two small clusters concentrated in the upper margin. A small pinhole in the center of the lower margin and in the upper right corner of the sheet. A small loss of paper (approx. 1.5 cm) in the upper left corner of the sheet.
Lot Details
Pencil. Monogrammed and dated lower left. With the estate stamp (not in Lugt) and the handwritten inventory number “II/83” on the reverse. On wove paper. 37 x 33 cm. , size of sheet. [AW].
- Dynamic self-portrait with rigorous lines. - In 1912, the year it was painted, exhibited at Herwarth Walden's famous gallery “Der Sturm”. - Featured in the major retrospective of the artist's work at Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt in 1991 and at the Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, in 2009. - The portrait as a genre is a central motif in Meidner's oeuvre. - Meidner's works are part of renowned international collections, including the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Ludwig Meidner. Zeichner, Maler, Literat 1884-1966, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, September 15 - December 1, 1991, vol. II, p. 44 (illustrated). Ludwig Meidner. Zeichnungen, Radierungen, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau, 1994, cat. no. 5, p. 19 (illustrated). Fixsterne. 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier. Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, May 31 - Sept. 20, 2009, p. 33 (illustrated)
From the artist's estate (1966). Wilhelm Loth Collection, Darmstadt. From a Swiss collection
In good condition. With slight traces from the production process in the outer margins. Isolated tiny brown spots, two small clusters concentrated in the upper margin. A small pinhole in the center of the lower margin and in the upper right corner of the sheet. A small loss of paper (approx. 1.5 cm) in the upper left corner of the sheet.

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