Brudermord (Cain and Abel)

1919

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image features bold, dynamic lines and contrasting shapes forming an abstract composition. The overlapping lines and forms suggest outlines of human figures in motion, appearing engaged in interaction or struggle. The angular lines and shadows create a sense of movement and drama.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.9 x 40.1 cm (12 9/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.6 x 48.2 cm (14 13/16 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.271

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 373

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 22.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 373.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65361451

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