Portrait of Emy
Artist
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
(German, 1884–1976)
Date1919
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions28 5/16 x 25 3/4 in. (71.9 x 65.4 cm)
Frame: 34 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 in. (87 x 79.4 x 5.1 cm)
Frame: 34 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 in. (87 x 79.4 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.58
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceThe artist; sold to W. R. Valentiner, Berlin, 1919 [1][2][3]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [4]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.
[1] Letter from Schmidt-Rottluff to Valentiner, 1919. See note in curatorial file.
[2] The work is listed in the monograph with no collector, but in the journal, it is listed as "Private Collection, Berlin," suggesting that the work had been acquired in the interim.
[3] Letter from Brigitta Bertoia, Valentiner's daughter, to Mitchell Kahan, NCMA, April 8, 1983, states that the work was purchased from the artist in 1919.
[4] L.58.35.VEDIA
Victor Karl Hammer
Victor Karl Hammer
Victor Karl Hammer
