Betty Siebauer

Portrait of Fidus, Looking Toward the Light

circa 1914-1919

gelatin silver photograph on photo paper, mounted on beige cardboard

22 x 16,5 cm

with the photographer's blind stamp "Betty Siebauer" lower right

with the photographer's stamp on the reverse of the cardboard

The Daulton Collection

Large format photography by Betty Siebauer, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Waitzstraße 9.

"With bright eyes and a calm, relaxed expression, his head slightly raised, the artist looks up towards the light - a programmatic expression for the light seeker Fidus."  B

Betty Siebauer

Portrait of Fidus, in Contemplation

circa 1914-1919

gelatin silver photograph on photographic paper, mounted on grey cardboard

21,7 x 16,3 cm (8.5 x 6.3 in.)

with the photographer's blind stamp "Betty Siebauer" lower right

The Daulton Collection

Publication History:

Georg Förster, Meister Fidus, Freund und Führer, zum 70. Geburtstag des Meisters (Dresden: Verlag "Vegetarische Presse," 1938), illustrated.

Discussion:

Large format photography by Betty Siebauer, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Waitzstraße 9.

"The artist sits cross-legged, facing left, much like Auguste Rodin's ‘The Thinker,’ his chin in his right hand in the famous pose, ‘whose brooding look meanwhile already betrays his higher-flying temple dreams’ (Frecot/Geist/Kerbs, p. 215)."  B