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Ludwig Meidner
Portrait of Paul Westheim1924

Not on view
Portrait drawing in dark brown chalk on tan paper, bust-length man with round glasses and parted lips, rendered in loose energetic hatching strokes, dated 1924
Artist or Maker
Ludwig Meidner
Title
Portrait of Paul Westheim
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Brown crayon on heavy brown board
Dimensions
28 x 22 7/16 in. (71.12 x 56.99 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.89
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1884-1966). D. Thomas Bergen (1930-2009); [Christie's, London]; purchased 2 December 1980 (lot 277) by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.