Lot Essay
This drawing was made by Schadow in preparation for a lithograph, limited to an edition of 100, sold to benefit a fund for artists who had fallen on hard times.
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A caricatured self-portrait with portfolio and chalkholder
Details
Johann Gottfried Schadow (Berlin 1764-1850)
A caricatured self-portrait with portfolio and chalkholder
signed 'Gottfr. Schadow Berlin den 4.I. 1832'
black lead, watercolour, heightened with white, arched
6 x 5 in. (155 x 130 mm.)
A caricatured self-portrait with portfolio and chalkholder
signed 'Gottfr. Schadow Berlin den 4.I. 1832'
black lead, watercolour, heightened with white, arched
6 x 5 in. (155 x 130 mm.)
Provenance
with Bruno Cassirer, Berlin.
Engraved
By the artist, in lithograph.
Special notice
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