Bildnis Elisabeth von Stephani-Hahn. 1916.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed (in ligature) upper left. With several numbers, inscriptions and a gallery label verso on the stretcher. 96 x 58 cm (37.7 x 22.8 in).


• Elisabeth von Stephani-Hahn (1868–1939) pioneered display case decoration and shop window art. She worked for the Wertheim department store, considered Germany's most beautiful department store.
• The former student of Herrmann was active as an art writer, painter, and design teacher in Berlin.
• Herrmann, one of the few representatives of neo-impressionist color principles in Germany, immortalized the type of self-confident and modern woman in dazzling prismatic colors.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (until 1971).
Private ownership.
Uwe Michael Art Dealer, Stuttgart.
Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart (with the label).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.

EXHIBITION: Curt Herrmann 1854-1929, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Schloss Bellevue, March 6 - May 2, 1971, p. 14, cat. no. 102 (here dated “c. 1915/20”; ill. 47 and 48).
Curt Herrmann 1854-1929. Ein Maler der Moderne in Berlin, Berlin Museum, Berlin, May 11 - July 16, 1989; Kunsthalle Emden, August 13 - October 8 1989; Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, October 20 - December 3, 1989, p. 36, 224, cat. no. 85 (illustrated in b/w).
Curt Herrmann 1854-1929, Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart, June 11 - July 28, 2007, p. 12 (illustrated)
Curt Herrmann. Vom Wesen der Schönheit - Vom Wesen der Harmonie, Retrospektive mit Werken der Jahre 1872 bis 1924, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda, June 23 to August 18, 2013, no. 132, illustrated on p. 194.
Curt Herrmann 1854-1929. Ein deutscher Neoimpressionist, Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart, September 15 to October 31, 2018, p. 18 (illustrated).