2005
Brockmann, Gottfried
1903 Cologne - 1983 Kiel.
Self portrait with model.
Circa 1930. Pencil and coloured pencil on brownish parchment paper. Monogrammed middle right. Verso on the passepartout a printed label of Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, with auction notes.
H 28,3, W 22,4 cm (sheet). Gilt framework by Rahmenmanufaktur Conzen, Düsseldorf.
The artist and model are depicted in a strongly foreshortened perspective. The painter seems dismissive, he shows no regard for the model, the paint tube is carelessly trampled under his foot, his hands are idly stuck in his trouser pockets. For once, an artist is shown who struggles with his profession and who does not display his creativity.
Provenance: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 343, 12.06.1999, lot 1600; since then private collection Hamburg and Markgräflerland.

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