Das Erstaunen (Selbstporträt), 1920 – 1921

Title

Das Erstaunen (Selbstporträt) (Original Title)

Title Translation

The Astonishment (Self-Portrait)

Draughtsman

• Maximilian Klewer

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brush in brown, accented in grey and black, white gouache, partially scraped and scratched, on glaze-prepared cardboard

Material

• gouache
• Oil ink?
• vellum paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• gouache painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): MKl. 20.; darunter (in schwarzer Tinte): M. Klewer
Bezeichnet verso auf dem Montagekarton links oben (in schwarzer Tinte): Maximilian Klewer, / Berlin 1920/21 / "Das Erstaunen" (Selbstporträt) / (Öltuschzeichnung) [alles in Versalien]

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

© Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• self-portrait
• portrait

Main Motif

• artist portrait
• Maximilian Klewer
• man

Persons Shown

• Maximilian Klewer

Primary

• 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist
• 61B2(KLEWER, Maximilian)1 historical person (KLEWER, Maximilian) - historical person(KLEWER, Maximilian) portrayed
• 61B2(+51) historical persons (+ head (and shoulders) (portrait))
• 31D14(+4) adult man (+ three-quarter view)

Secondary

• 22C light
• 22C8 shadow

Associative

• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
• 73D82(CROWN OF THORNS) crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion