Dünenlandschaft (Landscape with Dunes)

1917

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image shows a distant landscape with a horizon slightly below the middle of the composition. Silhouettes of buildings and trees can be seen against the sky. In the foreground, loose strokes depict an open field with scattered marks. The brushstrokes are quick and suggestive. The color palette is monochromatic, using black shades against an off-white background. The sky is minimally depicted with subtle cloud-like lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.9 x 25.9 cm (2 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.2 x 33.9 cm (8 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.86

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 302

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 62.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 302.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: probedrück; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Erster Probedr.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 302

Wikidata ID

Q74897390

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