The Lübeck artist Erich Dummer (1889-1929) is today most known for his self-portraits. His introduction to studio art was at the Katharineum in Lübeck. He left Lübeck in 1909 for training in Weimar at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School [Großherzoglich-Sächsischen Kunstschule]; then moving to Munich in 1910 to attend The Academy, and thereafter to Berlin for further study. It was at this time that Dummer discovered the self-portrait as a window to the soul and revisted the theme many times over the next two decades. In 1914, he returned to Lübeck, where, in 1928, a year before his premature death at age 39, Dummer was the focus of a retrospective exhibition "Twenty Years of Self-Portraits" ["Zwanzig Jahre Selbstbildnisse"]. The Daulton Collection owns ten of Dummer's self-portraits.
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck)
Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed II [Selbstbildnis mit geschlossenen Augen]
c. 1927-29
oil on paper
approx. 49 x 39 cm
upper left signed "Erich Dummer" and inscribed indistinctly
framed (framed dimensions approx. 65 x 55,5 cm) The Daulton Collection
Publication History:
"Erich Dummer †," Vaterstädtische Blätter (Lübeck), Nr. 10, February 17, 1929, pgs. 38-39, illustrated at pg. 38.
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait Wearing Hat 1928
oil on paper 45,7 x 45,5 cm upper right signed, titled, and dated: "Erich Dummer Selbstbildnis 1928" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 602
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait Wearing Painting Smock 1928 oil on canvas 44,5 x 43 cm monogrammed and dated upper left: "ED 1928" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, January 2, 2016, Lot 550
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait with Eyes Closed I [Selbstbildnis mit geschlossenen Augen] December 1927 oil on paper 47,7 x 39 cm signed, titled, and dated center left: "Erich Dummer. Selbstbildnis. XII 27" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, January 2, 2016, Lot 600
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) "Selbstbildnis vorm Fenster" ["Self-Portrait at Window"] April 1927
oil on paper 48 x 39 cm lower left signed, titled, and dated: "Erich Dummer - Selbstbildnis vorm Fenster - Mittwoch, d.20.04.1927" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 586
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait [Selbstbildnis] 1927
oil on paper 31 x 25,7 cm lower left signed "Erich Dummer" and titled "Selbstbildnis" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 414
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait [Selbstbildnis] 1926
oil on paper 45,5 x 45,5 cm upper right signed "Erich Dummer" and titled "S.-B." (Selbst-Bildnis) dated verso 1926 The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 409
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait 1925
oil on paper 36,8 x 37,7 cm upper left signed, titled, and dated: "Erich Dummer S.-P. [Selbst-Portrait] 12.7.25" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 665
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait 1924
oil on cardboard 42 x 48 cm upper left signed, titled, and dated: "Erich Dummer / Selbstbildnis / 4.10.24" The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, April 23, 2016, Lot 605
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Erich Dummer (Lübeck 1889 - 1929 Lübeck) Self-Portrait Wearing Painting Smock and Holding Palette 1910 oil on cardboard 45,5 x 44 cm signed and dated lower right framed The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Prado Auktionen, Lübeck, January 2, 2016, Lot 567
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Contact:
The Daulton Collection
info@symbolismus.com
All works in The Daulton Collection are generally available for exhibition loan, free of charge and, in appropriate cases, with shipping costs covered by the collection. High-resolution digital photographs are generally available, free of charge in most cases (e.g., exhibition catalogues, academic publications, non-profit uses, and the like).
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