[Self Portrait].

Self portrait of the artist's head and neck, with the view mostly of the right side of the artist's face. The artist is depicted as a young man wearing glasses, with a neatly parted hair style. The collar, necktie, and lapels are lightly sketched in.sent deed of gift in February 2018 -LPHerbert Feist (1903-1981) was born in Mannheim, Germany to Dr. David Walter Feist (1864-1921) and Auguste Feist née Herschel (1878-1930). Herbert was an artist in Germany, selling his sketches of people to various publications. In 1934, he married Edith née Gruenthal (born 1912). After their immigration to the United States in 1936, Herbert started a business (Polytect Corporation) and also became a patent attorney. In the 1960s, Feist started an art gallery on the upper east side of Manhattan, where he remained until his death in 1981. Herbert Feist expressed his life-long love of music not only in his many sketches of musicians, but as an amateur musician – he played viola in a string quartet. He also painted, creating many abstract works during his years in the United States.Created record.Michael Ballbach20180110Digital imag