Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

1920-1921

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image is a portrait sketch showing the upper part of the body. The person is facing slightly to the side with their head turned slightly towards the viewer. The facial features are depicted with rough lines, including an eye, a forehead, and a nose and cheek. The hair is short and unkempt. The clothing is suggested with faint lines. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects being held. The background is plain and lightly textured, with the sketch signed at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 × 9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.182

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Müller 1960, no. 481

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne, Germany); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., 1999; acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1960

  • Müller, Heinrich. Die späte Graphik von Lovis Corinth. Hamburg, Germany: Lichtwarkstiftung, 1960, no. 481.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Lovis Corinth "Selbstportrat"; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: M.481; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: E94

Markings

stamped lower left in purple ink: [leaves in a circle]; stamped center verso in black ink: R

Wikidata ID

Q76556298

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