Bildnis Andreas Weissgaerber (Portrait of Andreas Weissgaerber)

1919

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image is an artistic sketch depicting a person playing the violin. The person is shown from the waist up, has short, dark hair, and their facial features are suggested rather than detailed. The clothing is loosely sketched, illustrating a jacket with a notched lapel. The figure is holding a violin with one hand and a bow with the other. The background is plain, focusing entirely on the figure.

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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: 29.4 x 22 cm (11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.2 x 28.7 cm (15 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.243.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 377

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. 377.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 377

Wikidata ID

Q75117981

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