Emil Orlik
Portrait of Hermann Bahr
1908
Etching, drypoint, roulette in brown-black
Private collection, Cologne
In 1948, Hans Kollwitz remembered his mother as a person who had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. The artist is known to have enjoyed performances of comedies such as “Das Konzert” (The Concert) and “Das Prinzip” (The Principle) by Hermann Bahr. She saw the latter comedy in January 1913 together with her husband and son Peter.