While Nussbaum did produce some disappointingly standard-issue images of pitiably emaciated refugees with big eyes, his New Objectivity rigor notably permitted him to create harder-edged works, like the 1941 “Fear (Self-Portrait with his Niece Marianne),” in which emotional expression, not a demand for pity, is the key element. [https://forward.com/culture/130576/frum-amid-the-horror/]