Zwei Menschen (Two Nudes)

1908

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image shows a sketch of two nude individuals, a woman and a man. The woman is reclining on her side, with her left arm above her head leaning against the man's shoulder. The man is seated upright with his left arm on his knee. Both figures have sketched facial features and no visible clothing or jewelry. They are on a simple surface with a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 23.8 cm (6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.7 x 47.9 cm (12 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 29, iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, no. 6.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 29, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: LC.; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; upper left in graphite by unknown hand: 6.; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: R9611; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 29

Wikidata ID

Q74896668

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