Selbstbildnis im Strohhut (Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat)

1913

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The drawing depicts a man seated, facing mostly forward with a slight turn to the left. He has a mustache and rugged features, with his eyes looking to the right. He wears a hat, a coat, a black shirt, and holds a pipe in his left hand. The man's right hand is resting. The background is plain, emphasizing the man.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.6 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 21.9 cm (11 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 129a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1947 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 48.

Bibliography

1922

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

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65080682

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