Lot 63
63
Adolph von Menzel* (German, 1815-1905)
Property from the Collection of the late Lore and Rudolf Heinemann being sold to benefit The Pierpont Morgan Library and The National Gallery of Art
Adolph von Menzel* (German, 1815-1905)

The Head of a young Man, in profile to the left, and two subsidiary studies of the same

Details
Adolph von Menzel* (German, 1815-1905)
The Head of a young Man, in profile to the left, and two subsidiary studies of the same
signed with initials and dated 'A.M. /10 März 84.'
black chalk
8 1/3 x 5¼ in. (210 x 130 mm.)
Exhibited
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann, 1973, no. 23.

Lot Essay

The year, in which the present drawing was executed, was of particular importance in Menzel's career. In 1884 he finished and exhibited the last of his paintings on the theme of urban life, the Piazza d'Erbe in Verona, in Berlin, and at Easter, the Nationalgalerie devoted an exhibition to him to mark fifty years of his activity as an artist. The present drawing does not seem to be related to any of Menzel's paintings, and it is likely that the young man was one of the numerous people the artist encountered on the streets of Berlin.