Miss H. by Max Pollak

Miss H. by Max Pollak

Miss H.

Max Pollak

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Title

Miss H.

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1930  
Technique
drypoint and color aquatint 
Image Size
17 5/16 x 9 7/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
25 of 100  
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned, lower margin; "Made in Germany" stamped on verso 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white simili-vellum wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
DASL147 
Price
$1,500.00 
Description
This could very well be another of Max Pollak's portraits from Berlin, drawn on the plate from sketches he did of friends in the art world during his time there between the wars. This fashionable young woman, known here only as Miss H., strikes an elegant pose in an off-the-shoulder striped gown, her coy expression slightly exagerrated. Having been a battlefield artist for the Austrian army during World War I, he immersed himself in Berlin's exciting and revolutionary arts scene as soon as the war ended, surrounding himself with dancers, actors, musicians, and fashion designers who explored the transformational edge of modernism. 
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