Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

1920

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The drawing shows a portrait of a person facing forward, with dark sketched facial features emphasized by the shading. The person wears a broad-brimmed hat that is slightly tilted to one side. The clothing features a collar around the neck. The background is plain and light, with text and signatures on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.5 x 25 cm (12 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 51.6 x 39 cm (20 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.278

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 409

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

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 120.

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 55.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 409.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

Markings

stamped verso in black ink: COMISION NACIONAL DE MUSEOS / Y MONUMENTOS HISTORICOS / JOSE LUIS BUSANICHE / SECRETARIO GENERALE

Wikidata ID

Q65361493

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