Max Herrmann-Neisse

1. The artist, until at least July 1, 1916 [diary entry by Meidner with inventory list published in Kunz 1973]. Hugo Simon Collection, Zehlendorf, by 1918–September 1957 [Kunstblatt 1918 and documents in curatorial file]. Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago, by September 1957 [letter from Richard Feigen, Apr. 12, 2001, in curatorial file and New York 1957]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harold X. Weinstein, Chicago, 1959; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Ludwig Meidner: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, February 1–February 28, 1918, cat. no. 33, as Bildnis H.N.
• Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Cesar Klein, Ludwig Meidner: Gemälde Graphik, Julu 28–August 24, cat. no. 68, as Bildnis H.M.
• New York, World House Galleries, The Richard L. Feigen Collection: A Selection of Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, September 18–November 2, 1957, no. 17, as Portrait of Neisse.
• Chicago, Richard L. Feigen & Company, Masterpieces of Twentieth Century German Art, April 14–June 7, 1958, no. 16, as Bildnis Max Herrmann-Neisse.
• Recklinghausen, Germany, Kunsthalle, Ludwig Meidner, October 27–December 8, 1963, no. 18; traveled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, December 14, 1963–January 26, 1964, and Darmstadt, Kunsthalle, February 15–March 28, 1964, as Porträt des Schriftstellers Max Hermann-Neisse.
• South Bend, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, German Expressionists, December 7, 1969–February 15, 1970, no. 71.
• New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Expressionism: A German Intuition, November 14, 1980–January 18, 1981, no.301; traveled to San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, February 19–April 26, 1981, as Portrait of Herman-Neisse.
• Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Martin Gropius Bau, Ich und die Stadt, August 15–November 22, 1987, no. 133.
• Darmstadt, Matildenhöhe, Ludwig Meidner. Zeichner, Maler, Literat 1884-1966, September 15–December 1, 1991, as Bildnis Max Herrmann-Neiße.
• Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, O Mensch! Das Bildnis des Expressionismus, November 29, 1992–February 14, 1993, no. 110, as Portrait Max Herrmann-Neisse.
• Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, George Grosz: Berlin–New York, December 21, 1994–April 17, 1995, no. 25; travelled to Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, May 6–July 30, 1995, as Portrait Max Herrmann-Neisse.

• Ludwig Meidner, “Dankgebet, daß ich lebe,” Das Kunstblatt (1918), pp. 297–301 (ill.).
• Lothar Brieger, “Ludwig Meidner,” Junge Kunst 4 (Leipzig, 1919) p. 25 (ill.), as Bildnis Herm. Neiße.
• Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Ludwig Meidner (Recklinghausen, 1963).
• Thomas Grochowiak, Ludwig Meidner (Recklinghausen, 1966).
• Ludwig Kunz, Ludwig Meidner: Dichter, Maler und Cafés (Zurich, 1973).
• V. H. Miesel, Ludwig Meidner, an Expressionist Master: Drawings and Prints from the D. Thomas Bergen Collection (Ann Arbor, 1978).
• Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, Expressionism: A German Intuition 1905-1920 (New York, 1980), p. 274 (ill.).
• Berlinische Galerie, Ich und die Stadt (Berlin, 1987), p. 291 (ill.).
• Gerda Breuer and Ines Wagemann, Ludwig Meidner. Zeichner, Maler, Literat 1884-1966, vol. 1 (Stuttgart, 1991), p. 71 (ill).
• Gerda Beuer, Ludwig Meidner. Zeichner, Maler, Literat 1884-1966, vol. 2 (Stuttgart, 1991), p. 207 (ill.).
• Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen, ed., O Mensch! Das Bildnis des Expressionismus (Bielefeld, 1993), p. 229 (ill.).
• Peter-Klaus Schuster, ed., George Grosz: Berlin–New York (Berlin, 1995), p. 65 (ill.).

Apocalyptic Landscape

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Street with Pedestrian

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Jakob van Hoddis (recto); Untitled (Sketch of Buildings (verso)

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Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

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Portrait of a Shoemaker (Spartacid)

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Untitled

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Portrait of Szlezak, the Actor

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