The Fall of Man (Der Sündenfall)

1919

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

unidentified

Printer

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

Bold black shapes and lines form two human-like figures engaged with a tall, twisting column at the center of the composition. The interaction of light and dark areas creates textured patterns. The curving lines and shapes evoke silhouettes of people dancing or gazing towards each other. The background is filled with expressive, radiating lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.08 × 23.3 cm (9 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.1 × 38.1 cm (18 15/16 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.269

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 370

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Schaefer, Montevideo, Uruguay; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1950; acquired 1951 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 24.

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 370.

Inscriptions

recto, lower right, in graphite: Lovis Corinth; recto, in plate, in black ink: Lovis Corinth

Markings

stamped verso in black ink: COMISION NACIONAL DE MUSEOS / Y MONUMENTOS HISTORICOS / JOSE LUIS BUSANICHE / SECRETARIO GENERALE; LJR National Gallery

Watermarks

NTIQUE

Wikidata ID

Q65361448

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