Seated Young Woman [recto]

1889

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows a woman's upper half of the body, from the head down to her waist. She is depicted in a seated position with arms softly positioned down along her sides. Her facial features include a slight profile with a serene and contemplative expression. She has shoulder-length hair with bangs across her forehead and is wearing a dress with short sleeves. The sketch is rendered in pencil with soft shading, and there are no visible accessories or objects in her hands. The background is simply shaded with pencil strokes, lending a subtle texture around her figure, and there is a signature and date in the lower right corner of the sketch.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 41.7 x 33.5 cm (16 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.1.3.a

Associated Artworks

Reclining Female; Seated Man in a Top Hat [verso]

Lovis Corinth

1889


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 54.

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993-1994, no. 3.

Inscriptions

lower right: Lovis Corinth / Konigsberg 1889.

Wikidata ID

Q64594050

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