Face Time

Self and Identity in Expressionist Portraiture

MAX BECKMANN (German, 1884-1950)

1. Family Scene (Beckmann Family)

1918. Drypoint on heavy off-white laid paper. Signed, lower right, and with Marées Gesellschaft chop, lower left. 12" x 10 1/4" (30.6 x 25.9 cm). Plate 2 from the cycle Faces. From the edition of 60 impressions on this paper. Hofmaier 127/Bb.

2. Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat

1921. Drypoint on off-white laid BSB paper. Signed, lower right. 12 3/4" x 9 3/4" (32.4 x 24.8 cm). From the second edition of approximately 50 impressions on this paper. Hofmaier 180/IVB.

3. Self-Portrait in the Hotel

1922. Lithograph on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, lower right, and numbered 80/100, lower left. 17 7/8" x 12 3/4" (45.4 x 32.4 cm). Plate 1 from the cycle Trip to Berlin 1922. From the edition of 100 impressions published by J.B. Neumann. Hofmaier 213/B.

4. Marie-Louise Motesiczky and Mathilde von Kaulbach (Quappi)

1924. Lithographic crayon on cream tracing paper. Signed and dated 1925, lower right. 18 3/8" x 12 3/8" (46.5 x 31.5 cm). Schlenker, fig. 19, p. 25. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, London.

5. Portrait of Marie-Louise Motesiczky

1924. Pencil on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, lower right. 18 3/8" x 12 3/8" (46.5 x 31.5 cm). Schlenker, fig. 18, p. 25. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, London.

LOVIS CORINTH (German, 1858-1925)

6. Self-Portrait

1885. Pencil on off-white wove paper. Signed, dated and inscribed "Freiburg," lower right. Inscribed "Anno domini 1885 am 20. Juni Nachmittag," (year of our Lord 1885, June 20, afternoon), lower left. 12 1/8" x 9" (30.8 x 22.9 cm).

7. Self-Portrait, Drawing

1912. Etching on cream imitation Japan paper. Signed, lower right; signed and inscribed "Heinr. Wetteroth München gdr. 50 Ex. Pl. vern" (printed by Heinr. Wetteroth, Munich, 50 impressions, plate destroyed) by the printer, lower left. Inscribed in the plate "Als ich krankwar, Febr. 12" (when I was sick, Feb [19] 12), upper right. 6" x 4" (15.2 x 10.2 cm). Plate 4 from the cycle Seven Etchings by Lovis Corinth. Schwarz 84/II.

8. Self-Portrait

1917. Lithograph on textured beige paper. Signed, lower right, and inscribed "Probedruck" (trial proof), lower left. 10 1/4" x 7 7/8" (26 x 20 cm). Proof before a very small edition. Schwarz 297.

9. Self-Portrait with Beret

1918. Drypoint on thin wove paper. Signed, lower right, and inscribed "Probedruck" (trial proof), lower left. . 8" x 7 7/8" (20.3 x 20 cm). Proof before the edition of 115 impressions published by Fritz Gurlitt. Schwarz 318.

10. Self-Portrait with Hat

1920. Etching on heavy cream textured wove paper. Signed, lower right, and inscribed "Wilhelmine," lower center. Inscribed "Probedruck--Wilhelmine Corinth" (trial proof --Wilhelmine Corinth), by the artist's daughter, lower right. 4 3/8" x 3 1/4" (11.1 x 8.3 cm). Schwarz 426.

11. Self-Portrait

1925. Lithographic crayon on cream wove paper. Signed and dated January 31, 1925, upper right. 12 5/8" x 9 5/8" (32.1 x 24.4 cm).

OTTO DIX (German, 1891-1969)

12. Pregnant Woman

1920. Etching on heavy tan wove paper. Signed, lower right, titled, lower center, and numbered 14/20, lower left. 10 1/4" x 6 1/2" (26 x 16.5 cm). From the edition of 20 impressions published in the portfolio 6 Drypoints. Karsch 8/b.

13. Old Woman at the Café

1920. Etching on heavy off-white wove paper. Signed, lower right, inscribed "Kaltnadel (drypoint) 10/10 I," lower left, and titled, lower left margin. 9 3/4" x 7 3/8" (24.8 x 18.7 cm). One of 10 proofs before the edition of 20 impressions published in the portfolio 6 Drypoints. Karsch 9/a.

14. Self-Portrait in Profile

1922. Lithograph on thin off-white wove paper. Signed, lower right. 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" (21 x 14.9 cm). From the edition of approximately 100 impressions published by Karl Nierendorf. Karsch 50.

GEORGE GROSZ (German, 1893-1959)

15. Soldier

Circa 1919. Ink and pencil on thin cream wove paper. Inscribed "ca. 1919" and with estate stamp no. 2-119-3, verso. 10 3/4" x 9" (27.3 x 22.9 cm).

16. The Citizen

1927-28. Watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, titled and inscribed "Band f. laufend Schwejk/Reg. Piscator" (reel for the current Schwejk/Dir. Piscator), lower right. 19 3/4" x 15 1/2" (50.2 x 39.4 cm). Illustration for Erwin Piscator's 1928 stage production of The Good Soldier Schwejk.

ERICH HECKEL (German, 1883-1970)

17. Head of a Girl

1907. Lithograph on heavy yellowish Bütten paper. Signed and dated 08, lower right, inscribed "Handdruck v. Stein" (hand-print from the stone) and inscribed "Frauenkopf" (head of a woman), lower left. 12 7/8" x 10 1/4" (32.7 x 25.7 cm). One of between seven and ten impressions. Dube L. 16.

18. Resting Woman (Siddi Heckel)

1913. Watercolor, gouache and charcoal on heavy white wove paper. Signed, lower right, and inscribed "Frau" (woman), lower left. Pencil drawing of a landscape, verso. 19 1/2" x 15 3/8" (49.5 x 39.1 cm).

ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (German, 1880-1939)

19. Fanny in the Armchair (Fanny Wocke)

1916. Lithograph on thin yellow wove paper. Signed, lower right, and inscribed “Handdruck” (hand-print), lower left. Estate stamp and registration number L450, verso. 23 1/4" x 19 3/4" (59 x 50 cm). Rare proof, hand-pulled by the artist. Dube L. 331.

20. Girl

1919. Lithograph on smooth yellow Velin paper. Signed and inscribed "2 Zustand" (2nd state), lower right. Estate stamp and registration number L380II, verso. 12 5/8" x 10 5/8" (32 x 27 cm). One of five to seven impressions in this state, hand-pulled by the artist. Dube L. 344/II.

21. Seated Peasant Woman

1922. Etching on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, lower right. 7 3/8" x 6 3/4" (18.7 x 17.1 cm). Dube 410/III.

GUSTAV KLIMT (Austrian, 1862-1918)

22. Seated Woman Facing Front, Resting Chin in Right Hand

Circa 1897. Black crayon on cream wove paper. 17 7/8" x 12 1/2" (45.4 x 31.8 cm). Study for the painting Music II (Weidinger 119). Strobl 297.

23. Woman in a Kimono

Circa 1914-16. Pencil on simile Japan paper. 22 1/2" x 14 3/4" (57.2 x 37.5 cm). Study for Portrait of Baronin Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt (Weidinger 227) or Portrait of Ria Munk II (Weidinger 246). To be included in the supplement to Alice Strobl's catalogue raisonné.

24. Two Studies of Friederike Maria Beer

1916. Pencil on cream wove paper. Each signed, lower right. With a two composition sketches of the same subject (Strobl 2538) on the verso of Strobl 2551. 19 3/4" x 12 3/4" (49.5 x 32 cm). 22 3/8" x 14 3/4" (56.8 x 37.5 cm). Studies for the painting Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer (Weidinger 228). Strobl 2551, 2556.

25. Three-Quarter Length Portrait of a Standing Woman

1917-18. Pencil on thin cream wove paper. Estate stamp, lower right. 19 3/4" x 12 3/4" (50.2 x 32.4 cm). Study for the painting Margarethe Constance Lieser (Weidinger 245). Strobl 2602.

OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (Austrian, 1886-1980)

26. Portrait of the Actress Tilla Durieux

1920. Lithograph on Japan paper. Signed and numbered 50/150, lower right. 29 1/4" x 20 1/2" (74.5 x 52.1 cm). Wingler/Welz 139.

27. The Concert I: Naomi

1920. Lithograph on Zanders Bütten paper. Signed, lower right, and numbered 65/100, lower left. 27 1/2" x 18 3/8" (70 x 46.7 cm). From the series The Concert. Wingler/Welz 140.

28. Trudl, Reclining

1931. Watercolor on cream wove paper. Signed, lower left. 17 3/8" x 22" (44.1 x 55.9 cm).

KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (German, 1867-1945)

29. Self-Portrait with Schoolmate

1889. Ink and wash on ivory wove paper. Signed Schmidt [Kollwitz] and dated, lower left. 11 5/8" x 10 1/2" (29.5 x 27 cm). Nagel 13. Private collection.

30. Woman's Head

Circa 1905. Etching on wove paper. Signed, lower right; numbered 6/50 and signed by O. Felsing, lower left. 9" x 5 1/4" (22.9 x 13.3 cm). From the edition published in 1918. Knesebeck 93/III.

31. Worker Woman with Earring

1910. Etching on heavy beige wove paper. Signed, lower right. 13" x 9 3/4" (33 x 24.8 cm). Impression before steel-facing. Knesebeck 112/IVa.

32. Pregnant Woman

1910. Etching on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, lower right, and signed by O. Felsing, lower left. 14 7/8" x 9 3/8" (37.7 x 23.5 cm). Knesebeck 111/IVc.

33. Self-Portrait

1912. Etching on cream wove paper. Signed, lower right, and signed by O. Felsing, lower left. 5 1/2" x 3 7/8" (14 x 10 cm). Before the deluxe edition of 50 signed impressions on this paper. Knesebeck 126/VIIa.

34. Self-Portrait

1915. Lithograph on heavy textured cream paper. Signed, lower right. 10 3/4" x 9 3/8" (27.3 x 23.8 cm). From the edition published by von der Becke in 1931. Knesebeck 134/e.

35. Self-Portrait

1919. Lithograph on heavy off-white wove paper. Signed and dated "19," lower right. 13 3/8" x 11 3/8" (34 x 28.9 cm). From the edition of 175 impressions on this paper. Knesebeck 143/Ib.

36. Small Self-Portrait

1920. Lithograph on heavy wove paper. With printed text, "Käthe Kollwitz/Selbstbildnis/Originallithographie" (Käthe Kollwitz/self-portrait/original lithograph), verso. 9 1/4" x 8 1/4" (23.3 x 20.8 cm). From the deluxe edition of 100 impressions published in Contemporary Graphic Artists by Kurt Pfister. Knesebeck 162/Ic.

37. Self-Portrait

1921. Etching on cream Japan paper. Signed, lower right. 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" (22.1 x 26.6 cm). Outside the numbered edition of 30 impressions on this paper. Knesebeck 171/VIb.

38. Self-Portrait in Profile

1921/23. Lithograph on heavy white Bütten paper. Signed, lower right. 5 5/8" x 4 1/2" (14.3 x 11.4 cm). Very rare. Knesebeck 196/a.

39. Self-Portrait

1924. Woodcut on soft laid Japan paper. Signed, lower right; titled and dated, lower left. 13 1/8" x 12 1/2" (33.5 x 31.8 cm). From the edition of 25 impressions on this paper. Knesebeck 203/VIb.

40. Self-Portrait in Profile, Facing Right

1938. Lithograph on ivory wove paper. 18 3/4" x 11 3/8" (47.6 x 28.9 cm). Knesebeck 273/IIIc.

JEANNE MAMMEN (German, 1890-1976)

41. Young Woman with Cap and Cigarette in Left Hand

Circa 1935-40. Pencil on thin off-white wove paper. Signed, lower right. 22 3/8" x 16 1/2" (56.8 x 41.9 cm). Döpping/Klünner Z. 753.

PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (German, 1878-1907)

42. Seated Old Woman

1899. Etching on heavy cream wove paper. Inscribed "F.P. Modersohn-Becker, O. Modersohn," lower left. 7 3/8" x 5 3/4" (18.7 x 14.6 cm). Werner 3/IIIc.

43. Portrait of the Artist's Sister Herma with Amber Necklace

1905. Oil on canvas, mounted on wood. Initialed "PMB" by Otto Modersohn, lower left. 13 3/8" x 10 3/8" (34 x 26.3 cm). Private collection.

44. Blond-Haired Girl in White Shirt

1905. Oil on canvas. 19" x 18 1/8" (48.3 x 46 cm). Private collection.

MARIE-LOUISE MOTESICZKY (Austrian-British, 1906-1996)

45. Siesta (The Artist’s Mother)

1933. Pastel and charcoal on tan laid paper. Charcoal drawing, Reclining Figure and Seated Woman, verso. 10" x 16 3/4" (25.4 x 42.3 cm). Schlenker, p. 530.

46. Hunting (The Artist’s Mother)

1936. Pastel and charcoal on paper. 18 1/8" x 22 3/8" (45.9 x 56.8 cm). Schlenker, p. 534.

47. Head of a Girl

1940s. Oil on canvas. 18 1/8" x 14 1/8" (45.9 x 35.7 cm). Schlenker 92.

48. Old Woman, Amersham

1942. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, lower right. 35 7/8" x 28" (91.3 x 71.2 cm). Schlenker 59.

49. Portrait with Turban (The Artist’s Mother)

1946. Oil on canvas. Initialed, upper right. 20 1/8" x 16 1/8" (51.1 x 40.9 cm). Schlenker 80.

50. Psychoanalyst

1962. Oil on canvas. 40" x 30" (101.7 x 76.2 cm). Schlenker 183.

51. Uncle Ernst

1963. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 16 1/8" x 20 1/8" (40.8 x 51 cm). Schlenker 187.

52. Self-Portrait

Watercolor on heavy white textured wove paper. 14" x 9 7/8" (35.5 x 25 cm).

EMIL NOLDE (German, 1867-1956)

53. Elderly Woman

1906. Etching on heavy cream wove paper. Signed and dated, lower right, and signed by O. Felsing, lower left. 7 5/8" x 6" (19.4 x 15.2 cm). Schiefler/Mosel R. 26/III.

54. Young Girls

1907/1910. Hand-colored lithograph on heavy off-white wove paper. 18" x 15 3/8" (45.7 x 39.1 cm). Schiefler/Mosel L. 15/II.

55. Young Girl III

1912. Woodcut on heavy cream wove paper. Signed, lower right, and titled, lower center. 11 5/8" x 8 7/8" (29.5 x 22.5 cm). One of 19 impressions recorded in Nolde's notes. Schiefler/Mosel L. 108.

56. Elderly Gentlemen

1926. Lithograph in four colors on very thin cream wove paper. Signed, lower right. 6 3/8" x 4 3/8" (16.2 x 11.1 cm). One of 27 two- to four-color proofs pulled before the edition of 520 impressions. Schiefler-Mosel 71/II.

57. Portrait of a Young Woman with Dark Hair

Circa 1935. Watercolor on Japan paper. Signed, lower right. 19" x 13 7/8" (48.3 x 35.2 cm). Authenticated by Professor Martin Urban.

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (German, 1881-1955)

58. Sick Man (Erich Heckel?)

1908. Lithograph on off-white wove paper. Signed and dated, lower right. x. 16 7/8" x 12 3/4" (42.9 x 32.4 cm). Extremely rare. Krüger L. 32.

59. Head of a Fisherman

1922. Woodcut on white Japan paper. Signed and dated, lower right. 15 3/4" x 11 5/8" (40 x 29.5 cm). Outside the edition of 100 numbered impressions. Krüger H. 269.

EGON SCHIELE (Austrian, 1890-1918)

60. Portrait of a Lady (The Artist's Mother)

1907. Charcoal on heavy cream wove paper. Signed and dated, lower right. 9 1/2" x 7 1/8" (24.1 x 18.1 cm). Kallir D. 91.

61. Portrait of a Lady in Profile Facing Right

1907. Charcoal on heavy cream laid paper. Signed and dated, upper left, and signed again, lower left. 20 5/8" x 13 5/8" (52.4 x 34.6 cm). Kallir D. 94.

62. Portrait Study of a Man's Head

1907. Charcoal on cream paper. Signed and dated, center left. 23" x 17 5/8" (58.4 x 44.8 cm). Kallir D. 136.

63. Self-Portrait in Street Clothes, Gesturing

1910. Watercolor and pencil on brown paper. Signed "Schiele" and dated, lower left. 16 3/4" x 10 3/4" (42.6 x 27.3 cm). Kallir D. 695. Private collection.

64. Seated Boy (Self-Portrait)

1912. Pencil on Strathmore Japan paper. Signed and dated, lower left; inscribed "No. 92" by another hand, lower right. 19.0" x 12 1/2" (48.3 x 31.8 cm). Kallir D. 1149.

65. Standing Male Nude (Self-Portrait)

1912. Pencil on heavy cream wove paper. Signed and dated, lower right; inscribed "No. 92" by another hand, lower right. 18 7/8" x 12 3/8" (47.9 x 31.4 cm). Kallir D. 1161. Private collection.

66. Male Nude I (Self-Portrait)

1912. Lithograph on cream Japan paper. Signed and dated, lower left. 16 1/2" x 8 1/2" (41.9 x 21.6 cm). From the deluxe edition of 15 impressions published by the Sema Association. Kallir G. 1/b1.

67. Self-Portrait with Brown Background

1912. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper. Signed and dated, lower left. 12 3/8" x 10" (31.4 x 25.4 cm). Kallir D. 1177. Private collection.

68. Head of a Man (Self-Portrait) and Figure Studies

1914. Pencil on cream wove paper. Pencil drawing, Woman's Torso with Right Leg Crossed Over Left (D. 1309), verso. 19" x 12 1/2" (48.3 x 31.8 cm). Related to the etching Portrait of a Man (Kallir G. 3). Kallir D. 1662.

69. Five Studies for the Portrait of Dr. Franz Martin Haberditzl
1917. Black crayon on cream wove paper. Each signed and dated, lower right, and inscribed "Dr. Haberditzl" by the sitter, verso. 18" x 11 1/2" (45.7 x 29.2 cm) each. Studies for the painting of the same subject (Kallir P. 309). Kallir D. 2104, 2106, 2108, 2110, 2112.

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (Austrian-American, 1874-1951)

70. Vision (Mathilde Schoenberg)

1923. Oil on canvas. Signed, lower right. 23 1/4” x 18 1/8” (59 x 46 cm). Meyer/Muxeneder 80.