Kauernder weiblicher akt (Crouching Female Nude)

1914

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows a person sitting with their knees to their chest and arms wrapped around their legs. The individual has distinct facial features, short hair, and is nude. The background is a plain, textured surface. No accessories are visible in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and aquatint in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Toni G. Marcy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.8 x 15.8 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 39.5 x 29 cm (15 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.105.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 153

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. 153.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: probedrück; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sch. 153

Wikidata ID

Q76347791

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