's-Heer Arendskerke

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

1911  

graphite and pastel drawing 

12 5/8 x 8 3/4" image size 

pencil, lower right 

 

pencil titled and dated "s Heer Arendskerke / 20 Juli 1911" lower right 

 

toothy cream wove 

 

 

23693 

SOLD

A portrait of a Zeelander girl from the village of 's-Heer Arendskerke in traditional garb, wearing the shell-shaped bonnet and gold "kissers" at her temples which distinguish her region of residence as well as her religious background - Protestant. Max Pollak traveled frequently before serving in the Austrian Army, and again after the First World War ended. Wherever he traveled, he would capture the landscapes, cities, and people he came across; he'd then use these sketches as references for future intaglio prints.