Jünglingsakt (Young Male Nude)

1905

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image is a sketch of a male figure standing. He has short hair, a prominent nose, and closed eyes. One arm is raised as if reaching for something while the other rests by his side. The man is nude and the background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on Strathmore wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.2 x 11.8 cm (7 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 46.6 x 31 cm (18 3/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Jünglingsakt; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2 Bl.2 Schw.24

Watermarks

Strathmore Japan

Wikidata ID

Q74896666

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