Marius Bauer 1912

Editor: Here we have Hermann Struck's etching of Marius Bauer. The artwork is currently housed in the Harvard Art Museums. It feels quite intimate, almost like a whisper. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It feels so much like a fleeting moment, doesn't it? Struck captures Bauer in quiet contemplation, doesn't he? The delicate lines almost seem to suggest that Bauer is caught in a private thought, wouldn't you say? Editor: Definitely. The subtlety makes it feel very personal. Curator: And the etching technique gives it this incredible textural quality, like you could almost feel the paper and the ink. It’s lovely how something so simple can be so powerful. Editor: It's made me see portraiture in a new light, focusing on intimacy over grandiosity. Curator: Precisely! It's about finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.