Selbstbildnis nach links. 1929.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper right. 59 x 52 cm (23.2 x 20.4 in). [AW].

• Impressive exhibition history.
• Early self-portrait from the artist's most important creative phase.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Paintings from the early period are in numerous important collections, such as the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Lenbachhaus Munich.

PROVENANCE: Family of the artist.
Private collection, Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1930.
Josef Scharl. 33 Gemälde und 20 Handzeichnungen, Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann und G. Franke, Munich, February 7 - March 5, 1931.
Gemälde und Zeichnungen von Josef Scharl, Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin, January 7-18, 1933, cat. no. 7.
Josef Scharl, Pavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich, January 3-25, 1953.
Josef Scharl, Neue Galerie, Vienna, Dec. 1954-May 1955.
Josef Scharl. Memorial exhibition, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, April 20-June 16, 1964.
Josef Scharl. Zum siebzigsten Geburtstag, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, March 20-June 7, 1967, cat. no. 40 (with b/w illu. on p. 37).
Josef Scharl. Gemälde und Graphik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 9 - October 29, 1967, cat. no. 9.
Josef Scharl, Städtisches Museum, Trier, November 21, 1967 - January 2, 1968, cat. no. 9 (with b/w illus.).
Josef Scharl 1896-1954, Kunstverein Heidelberg, January 14 - February 11, 1968, cat. no. 11.
Josef Scharl 1896-1954. Ölbilder und graphische Blätter, Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, March 20 - April 13, 1968.
Josef Scharl, Städtisches Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm, May 18 - July 21, 1968, cat. no. 10.
Josef Scharl 1896-1954. Ölbilder und graphische Blätter, Kunstverein Herford, September 21 - October 13, 1968, cat. no. 5.
Josef Scharl, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, April 17-May 29, 1971, cat. no. 6.
Josef Scharl. Bilder aus dem Besitz seiner Münchner Freunde, Stadtsparkasse Schwanthalerstraße, Munich, November 30 - December 21, 1982, cat. no. 2.
Josef Scharl. Arbeiten aus dem Nachlass von Alois Scharl, Galerie Axel Harmstorf, Munich, September 30 - October 30, 1999, cat. no. III.
Josef Scharl, Ausstellungshalle Saarstraße, Mengen, 2011.
Josef Scharl. Maler und Grafiker des Expressionismus, Haus Opherdicke, Holzwickede, April 9 - June 23, 2017, with color illus. on pp. 31, 67 (with an exhibition label on the reverse).
Josef Scharl. Zwischen den Zeiten, Museen Böttcherstraße, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, February 18 - June 3, 2018; Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg, June 17 - October 14, 2018; Buchheim Museum, Bernried, May 25 - September 15, 2019, cat. no. 6 (with color illus. on p. 41).

LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Andrea Lukas, Peter Bronner, Josef Scharl. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne 1999, no. 120 (illu. in black and white).