Wilhelm Leibl : eine Darstellung seiner Kunst, Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Gemälde
A 1914 Berlin catalogue raisonné by art historian Emil Waldmann, published by B. Cassirer, surveying the paintings of German realist painter Wilhelm Leibl for art-historical readers. Its plates are halftone reproductions of Leibl's portraits of sitters in dark, loosely brushed tonal studies, with a mix of head studies and a seated figure. A designer might take from them the subdued palette of browns and blacks, the soft edges of the modelling, and the direct, unflattering frontal gaze used in portraiture.
