Karl Bauer

Portrait of Gerhart Hauptmann 

1909

charcoal and chalk on paper
 

Karl Bauer (Stuttgart 1868-1942 Munich)


Portrait of the writer Gerhart Hauptmann in Profile


1909


charcoal and white chalk on light chamois-colored wove paper


signed and dated lower right: "KARL BAUER 1909"


with a later dedication, in pencil lower left, from the artist to Hauptmann: "Unserem größten zeitgenössischen Dichter mit den herzlichsten Segenswünschen 1937" ["To our greatest contemporary poet with the warmest wishes 1937"]


mounted on a backing with adhesive dots, under a mat


The Daulton Collection
This portrait of Gerhart Hauptmann also appears in the background, upper right corner, of a 1909 lithograph by Karl Bauer owned by The Daulton Collection:

Karl Bauer (Stuttgart 1868-1942 Munich)

Portrait of the writer and Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann with his face resting on his right hand

1909

lithograph on paper

first impression

signed and inscribed in pencil lower right: "Karl Bauer gz. [gezeichnet]" ["drawn by Karl Bauer"]

inscribed in pencil lower left: "I. Abzug." ["impression I"]

titled and dated in the plate upper left: "GERHART HAUPTMANN ... 1909"

The Daulton Collection

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