Eugen Hersch, Self-Portrait Sketch, c. 1950s-60s

Eugen Hersch 1887-1967

Self-Portrait Sketch, c. 1950s-60s

oil on canvas mounted on board

39 x 35 cm
framed: 47 x 42 cm

1992-4

Photo: Ben Uri Gallery

Hersch's bold, Expressionist self-portrait sketch, with its searching expression, is a conscious act of self-scrutiny and an unflinching examination of the process of ageing. Thinned washes of paint are deftly...

Provenance

presented by John Denham, 1991

Literature

Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 127.

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