Selbstporträt, 1924

Dimensions: 90.2 x 70.5 cm

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Inventory Number: 2537

Acquisition: Acquired in 2020 with funds provided by a private donor

Status: On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 14

Texts

About the Work

Self-portraits are a central part of Klewer’s oeuvre. The artist repeatedly portrayed himself in unusual poses, with expressive and sometimes exaggerated facial play. As precisely as he captures face and body in this self-portrait, painted in Berlin in 1924, the painting’s colours seem disconcerting. The greenish tinge, with a colour reminiscent of absinthe, as well as the lax and seemingly sketched surrounding take his figure away into the indeterminate and fantastic.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Selbstporträt (Original Title)

Title Translation: Self-portrait

Painter

Maximilian Klewer

Production Place

Berlin

Period Produced

20th century

School

New Objectivity

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Material

canvas

Technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert unten rechts: M. Klewer 1924 / Berlin

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: © Evelyn Lehmann

Acquisition: Acquired in 2020 with funds provided by a private donor

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Persons Shown

Maximilian Klewer

Iconclass

Primary

48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter
48C513(+2) portrait, self-portrait of painter (+ artist in non-work situation)
61B2(KLEWER, Maximilian)1 historical person (KLEWER, Maximilian) - historical person(KLEWER, Maximilian) portrayed
48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist
31D14 adult man