Bildnis Joseph Schwarz (Portrait of Joseph Schwarz)

1916

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image depicts the upper body of a person sitting, with hands resting in front of them. The person is shown facing forward with a slightly turned head. They have distinct facial features including a strong jawline, full lips, and deep-set eyes. The hair is dark and depicted as thick and somewhat unkempt. The individual is wearing a suit jacket with lapels and a shirt with a dark tie or cravat. The sketch is monochromatic, predominantly black lines on an off-white background, with the artist's signature at the bottom. There is no detailed background in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31 × 25.5 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 222

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Schaefer, Montevideo, Uruguay; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1950; acquired 1951 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 222.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65361442

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