's-Heer Arendskerke

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

1912  

graphite and pastel drawing 

12 5/8 x 8 3/4" image size 

unsigned 

 

pencil titled and dated "s Heer Arendskerke / 25 Juli 1912" in upper right 

 

toothy cream wove with "1918 England" watermark 

 

 

23692 

SOLD

A portrait of a Zeelander girl from the village of 's-Heer Arendskerke in traditional garb, with a white scarf in her hair. 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.