Rider and Clown, 1928

ArtistGert H. Wollheim, Dresden 1894–1974 New York

MediumOil on canvas

(H x W)100 × 119 cm

Status

on display, room 022

About the workThe double portrait shows two artists bearing the facial features of the painter Gert H. Wollheim and the dancer Tatjana Barbakoff. The touching of their fingers indicates their connection. The two knew each other from the Düsseldorf artists’ association "Das Junge Rheinland" and had a relationship after Wollheim moved to Berlin in 1924. In his self-portraits, the painter slips into various roles. Sometimes he appears as an elegantly dressed gentleman, as a woman or, as here, as a fool whose facial features are marked by sadness.

AccessionAcquisition 1928

Provenance[...]; erworben auf der Ausstellung "Deutsche Kunst 1928", 1928.

Inventory number0.1928.5242

New Objectivity
Portraits

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