Landschaft mit Kühen (Landscape with Cows)

1917

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image displays a landscape sketched with expressive lines, featuring trees in the foreground with swirling strokes. Beyond the trees are small, minimally depicted figures resembling cows. The horizon is positioned high with a horizontal line and a hint of a fence or distant building on the right. The sketch utilizes a monochromatic palette of black and white, emphasizing contrasts and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 x 19.7 cm (5 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.6 x 35.4 cm (9 11/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 306

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 306.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 306

Watermarks

Antique

Wikidata ID

Q74897392

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