Totenmaske Liebknechts (Liebknecht's Death Mask)

1920

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image is a sketch portrait showing the head and part of the shoulder area of the subject, who is facing to the right with a slight upward tilt to their chin. The facial features depicted include closed eyes, a pronounced nose, and full lips. The hair is closely cropped or possibly shaved, shown through shaded pencil strokes that emphasize the texture. The subject appears to be wearing a collared garment, indicated by the lines suggesting the collar around the neck area. The sketch is rendered in various shades of black and grey against a plain, untextured background. There is handwritten text beneath the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 20 cm (9 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.277

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 425


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. 425.

Inscriptions

lower center in stone: Carl Liebknecht / [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Wikidata ID

Q65361490

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