Portrait of Valentiner I

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Portrait of Valentiner I

Alternate Title: Bildnis Valentiner I

Germany, 1923
Prints; woodcuts
woodcut
Image: 19 9/16 x 15 1/2 in. (49.69 x 39.37 cm); Sheet: 24 13/16 x 15 1/2 in. (63.02 x 39.37 cm)
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies (M.82.287.60)
Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Not currently on public view

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The German-born art historian Wilhelm Valentiner was a major influence on art museums in the United States....
The German-born art historian Wilhelm Valentiner was a major influence on art museums in the United States. He worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, founded the journal Art in America, and was director of the Detroit Institute of the Arts. In 1945 he was appointed consulting director for the art collection at LACMA’s precursor, the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, about whom Valentiner wrote a monograph, portrays him with asymmetrical eyes, a trait the artist also applied to depictions of Christ. The gaze suggests one with a strong inner vision who also keeps watch on the world around him.

Exhibition Label: The Expressive Gaze: Portraits and Self-Portraits, 2022, Erin Maynes
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Bibliography

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion Verlag, 1924.
  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer.  The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation.  Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion Verlag, 1924.
  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer.  The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation.  Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.

  • Thiem, Gunther. Prints by Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff:  A Centenary Celebration.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art:  Los Angeles, 1985.

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  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

    View Volume 1 of this publication in LACMA's Reading Room

    View Volume 2 of this publication in LACMA's Reading Room

  • Muchnic, Suzanne. LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2015.
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Exhibition history

  • The German Woodcut: Renaissance and Expressionist Revival Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 5, 2012 - September 9, 2012