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Kurt Seligmann

American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962

Self Portrait 1952

Self Portrait 1952

Self Portrait 1952, 1952

brush and ink on paper

sheet: 29 x 23 inches (73.66 x 58.42 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Katharine Kuh in memory of the artist, 1962

1962:3.5

Inscriptions:

inscription / below signature / for Katharine, my friend . .

signature / lower left / K. Seligmann 52

Object Classifications:

Drawings

Drawing (visual work)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Etching 1930, 1930

Kurt Seligmann
La Sorcière (Witch) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann
Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching 1958, 1958

Kurt Seligmann
Le Chiffonnier (Ragpicker) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Engraving 1941, 1941

Kurt Seligmann
Le Boucanier (Buccaneer) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching, ca. 1940

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching, not dated

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Lithograph 1947, 1947

Kurt Seligmann
Untitled, 1952

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Drawing (Season's Greetings), 1961-1962

Kurt Seligmann
Souvenir d'Amérique (Souvenir of America), 1943

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Lithograph 1953, 1953

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching 1947-48, 1947-1948

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching 1957, 1957

Kurt Seligmann
Christmas Etching 1959, 1959

Kurt Seligmann
Drawing 1950, 1950

Kurt Seligmann
Drawing 1956, 1956

Kurt Seligmann
Drawing 1954, 1954

Kurt Seligmann
Drawing of a Totem Pole (in a letter to Katharine Kuh), 1946

Kurt Seligmann
La Parachutiste (Paratrooper) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Roi du Charbon (King of Coal) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Two illustrations for A Primitive like an Orb (poem by Wallace Stevens), 1948

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Chapardeur (Thief) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
L'Epoux (Bridegroom) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Fonctionnaire (Official) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Charmeur d'Oiseaux (Bird Charmer) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
L'Ermite (Hermit) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Les Voyageurs (Travellers) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Slaying of Laius from the series Oedipus, 1946

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Study for "The Sphinx", ca. 1946

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
L'Opère (Opera) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
L'Homme du Gaz (Gas Man) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Black Magic, 1932

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Pâtre (Shepherd) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Le Pêcheur (Fisherman) from the portfolio Les Vagabondages Héraldiques (Heraldic Wanderings), 1934

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Study for "John without Land Cleaned by the Void", 1940 or 1945

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Untitled, ca. 1955

Kurt Seligmann

No image available,
but we’re working on it