Getting started with the collection:
Self-portrait
Jacob Bendien (signed by artist), c. 1930
To a certain extent Bendien is the odd one out in this group, because he consistently produced abstract work alongside figurative compositions. It is as if he was transfixed by his own mirror image when he drew this intense self-portrait. But apart from the penetrating gaze, there is little life here. Bendien himself called this drawing a ‘Spiritual self-portrait’.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-2010-1
- Dimensionsheight 320 mm x width 250 mm
- Physical characteristicstekening in potlood