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Exhibition History"Portraits and Self-Portraits of Artists," Des Moines Art Center, Aug. 6 - Sept. 26, 1999

"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974

"Portraiture: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y,, Mar. 31 - Apr. 21, 1957; (Circulated to: Baltimore Musuem of Art, Maryland, May 14 - June 14, 1957; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, June 30 - Aug. 20, 1957; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Oct. 15 - Nov. 17, 1957)

"Works from the Collection of the Des Moines Art Center," Cedar Falls Art Association, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Mar. 4 - 17, 1956

"The Artist's Vision," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 27 - Mar. 23, 1952 (work was purchased from exhibition)
Published References"Portraiture: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N. Y., 1957, exh. cat. no.47, ref. p.33

"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.75

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.217
DimensionsImage: 24 × 16 3/4 in. (61 × 42.5 cm)
Accession Number 1952.17
Classificationswork on paper
SignedZerbe (l,r white gouache)
ProvenanceArtist. (Downtown Gallery, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1952]
Portrait of Max Beckmann
Image Not Available for Portrait of Max Beckmann
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Schrag
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Adolf Laubscher
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Adolf Laubscher
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Carston Arneson
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1959
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1934
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Free
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Free
1938