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Self-Portrait with Hat at Drawing Board, by Gaslight (Selbstbildnis mit Hut beim Zeichenbrett, mit Gaslicht)

Ludwig Meidner

European Art

MEDIUM Etching on wove paper
  • Place Made: Germany
  • DATES 1924
    DIMENSIONS Image (Plate): 10 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (26.7 x 20.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 x 12 1/4 in. (40.8 x 31.1 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Verso stamped center: "Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn, N.Y." (Lugt 307a)
    SIGNATURE SIgned, "L. Meidner" lower right margin in pencil
    INSCRIPTIONS Lower right in graphite: "L Meidner"
    COLLECTIONS European Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 49.102.3
    CREDIT LINE Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Ludwig Meidner (German, 1884-1966). Self-Portrait with Hat at Drawing Board, by Gaslight (Selbstbildnis mit Hut beim Zeichenbrett, mit Gaslicht), 1924. Etching on wove paper, Image (Plate): 10 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (26.7 x 20.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 49.102.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 49.102.3_bw_IMLS.jpg)
    EDITION Edition: 100
    IMAGE overall, 49.102.3_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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