The series consists mainly of drawings and sketches in various media, with a handful of oil paintings. Composed primarily of portraits and life drawings, the latter of which were most likely executed while Neumann was a student at the Deutsche Technische Hochschule. Also contains a self-portrait in oil, reproductions of artworks, caricatures, landscapes, figural drawings in the manner of Picasso, and non-figural drawings and watercolors. The works are listed according to subject matter and medium. Artworks not created by Neumann have been so noted.
Box 10 Folder 1 Self-portrait, 1920
Contains 1 self-portrait, age 20; possible student work (oil on board)
Drawer 199 Folder 59 Self-portrait, circa 1950s-1960s
1 drawing
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Box 10 Folder 2 Portrait of Neumann on his deathbed, 1968
Contains 1 portrait of Neumann on his deathbed, by Zvi Hecker
Box 8 Folder 12 Portraits, 1924, 1950, 1951, 1965, undated
Contains 27 portraits, in charcoal, chalk, pencil, pen, crayon, or watercolor (sitters include Eva and Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits) (one drawing has notes in German on the reverse, 2 others have sketches on the reverse, or attached)
Box 10 Folder 3 Portraits in oil, 1921, undated
Contains 2 portraits in oil; possible student works (one has a Pompeiian mosaic design pattern on the reverse)
Drawer 198 Folder 9 Portraits in chalk, undated
Contains 4 portraits of women, in colored chalk
Drawer 198 Folder 10 Portraits, 1920, 1951, 1952, undated
Contains 26 portraits, in pencil, pen, crayon, pastel, charcoal, chalk, marker, or watercolor, some of which are possible student works (2 drawings have additional sketches on the reverse) (sitters include Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim, possibly Frence Grubner; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits)
Drawer 199 Folder 59 Portraits, 1921, 1923(?), 1944, undated
4 drawings (undated portrait possibly of Frence Grubner)
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Box 9 Folder 3 Drawings of Theresienstadt ghetto (Terezin), 1945
5 drawings
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Box 8 Folder 13 Life drawings, undated
Contains 25 drawings, in pen, pencil, charcoal, chalk, and watercolor (5 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)
Drawer 198 Folder 11 Life drawings, 1920, 1921, undated
Contains 17 life drawings, in pencil, charcoal, and watercolor; most of which are probably student works (2 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)
Box 9 Folder 5 Pencil drawing of baby Eva sleeping, circa 1963
1 drawing
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Box 9 Folder 2 Drawing of Naomi Neumann breastfeeding baby Eva, circa 1963
1 drawing
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Drawer 198 Folder 12 Figural drawings in the manner of Picasso, undated
Contains 6 drawings of the human figure, in charcoal or crayon
Box 8 Folder 14 Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects, undated
Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, crayon, or chalk
Drawer 198 Folder 13 Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects, undated
Contains 3 drawings, one of which possibly depicts Anni Sternheim, in charcoal or chalk
Box 8 Folder 15 Watercolors, miscellaneous figural subjects, 1914, undated
Contains 3 watercolors or gouaches (one of which, when unfolded, contains 2 additional watercolors)
Box 9 Folder 6 Watercolor drawings of (Quebec City?) house, circa 1960s
2 drawings (interior and exterior)
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Box 8 Folder 16 Cityscapes and drawings of houses, undated
Contains 7 sketches in watercolor, pencil, pen, or charcoal
Drawer 198 Folder 14 Landscapes, undated
Contains 1 landscape and 1 cityscape, in watercolor or gouache
Box 8 Folder 17 Landscapes and trees, 1941, 1950s, undated
Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, chalk, and pastel (3 of which have additional landscapes on the reverse)
Box 8 Folder 18 Non-figural drawings, undated
Contains 6 drawings in pencil, charcoal, or pastel
Drawer 198 Folder 15 Non-figural drawings, undated
Contains 7 drawings in pencil, pen, crayon, and pastel (2 of which have additional sketches on the reverse)
Box 9 Folder 4 Non-figural drawings, undated
2 drawings
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Drawer 198 Folder 16 Non-figural watercolors, 1952, undated
Contains 5 abstract watercolors (one of which is matted and signed on the reverse by Alfred Neumann and Anni Sternheim)
Box 8 Folder 19 Caricatural drawings, 1925, undated
Contains 8 drawings, in pen, pencil, or charcoal (one of which has another sketch on the reverse)
Box 8 Folder 20 Possible child's drawings, undated
Contains 3 drawings in pencil and crayon
Box 8 Folder 21 Reproductions of artworks, undated
Contains photographic reproduction of a life drawing, likely a student work
Drawer 198 Folder 17 Artworks by Anni Sternheim, 1945, 1952, undated
Contains 6 life drawings and 1 non-figural drawing (all are signed with Sternheim's name or initials)
Box 8 Folder 22 Artwork by Janus K., 1945
Contains 1 watercolor or gouache of a tree
Box 9 Folder 1 Drawing by Naomi Neumann of Alfred Neumann in hospital, circa 1968
2 drawings
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