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Portrait eines deutschen Offiziers

1914
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 908
Hartley malte seine fortgeschrittensten Abstraktionen in den ersten Jahren des 1. Weltkriegs, als er in Berlin lebte. Diese Kriegsmotivserie zeigt seine Faszination für den deutschen Militärprunk sowie seine Trauer über den Tod eines engen Freundes, eines jungen Kavallerieoffiziers namens Karl von Freyburg. Dieses abstrakte Portrait, das aus Zeichen, Symbolen, Mustern und Farben besteht, enthält Details über dessen Leben und Militärdienst: seine Initialen (KvF), sein Alter (24), sein Regiment („E" für Bayerische Eisenbahn), ein Eisernes Kreuz und die bayerische Flagge (blau-weiß).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titel: Portrait eines deutschen Offiziers
  • Künstler: Marsden Hartley, Amerikaner, 1877–1943
  • Datum: 1914
  • Medium: Öl auf Leinwand
  • Dimensionen: 173,4 x 105,1 cm
  • Anerkennung: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
  • Akzession Nr.: 49.70.42
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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