Selbstbildnis im Strohhut, als Brustbild (Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Bust Length)

1913

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

This is an ink drawing of a man shown from the chest up, sitting at an angle with his body facing slightly to the side while his face turns towards the viewer. He has a prominent mustache and eyebrows, and is wearing a coat with a large collar and a hat with a distinct band. The background is plain and unadorned. A signature is visible at the bottom of the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on J. W. Zanders wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15 × 11.5 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 42.5 × 34 cm (16 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.632

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 129b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin, Germany); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., 2003; acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 129b.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sch 129 1913; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: #10782

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: R

Watermarks

J W ZANDERS 1914

Wikidata ID

Q76557519

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