Stehende Weibliche akte (Standing Female Nude)

1916

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image depicts a person standing upright, turned slightly to the side. They have short, dark, textured hair and distinct facial features. The person is nude with their right arm bent at the elbow and the hand raised, while the left arm appears to be in a similar position. The background is a plain, light color with sketchy, cross-hatched shading behind the figure. There is a signature in cursive handwriting at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Toni G. Marcy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 x 8.2 cm (7 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 20.2 cm (11 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.105.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 233b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 233b.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q76347797

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