id:			150981
accession number:	1982.38
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.38
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:18.909000

Head of Gerda Boehm, 1981. Frank Auerbach (British, 1931-). Oil on canvas; framed: 90 x 84.5 x 5.5 cm (35 7/16 x 33 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 64.1 x 61 cm (25 1/4 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1982.38

title:				Head of Gerda Boehm
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creation date:			1981
creation date earliest:		1981
creation date latest:		1981
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Frank Auerbach (British, 1931-)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 90 x 84.5 x 5.5 cm (35 7/16 x 33 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 64.1 x 61 cm (25 1/4 x 24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* "Frank Auerbach," Marlborough Gallery, New York City (April 2 - 30, 1982).<br> "Contemporary Art," CMA (Nov. 3 - Dec. 12, 1982).<br> "Contemporary Collection," CMA (Aug. 17 - Nov. 6, 1983).

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In his portraits, Auerbach is more interested in capturing personality, emotion, and form than representing the person’s likeness. This is a portrait of his cousin Gerda, presented as a series of shared experiences between the artist and sitter. By scraping and building up the canvas surface with thick paint he creates abstracted figures. As he said about painting portraits, “Nothing can be left out…you have to bury the irrelevant in the painting somehow,” evident in the painting’s overwhelming sculptural thickness. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1982.38
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: October 2016 through February 2017</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
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