Mutter und Kind (Mother and Child)

1911

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows two figures, a woman and a child. The woman is in profile, holding the child. The woman has her hair in a bun and the child has loose hair with a ribbon. Both figures are dressed in textured clothing, and the woman is seated on a chair. In the background, there is a large circular object on furniture and a window or framed shape above it. The setting is an interior room depicted in a sketch-like style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.8 x 14.7 cm (8 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.3 x 28 cm (15 1/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 60

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. 60.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 60

Wikidata ID

Q74896732

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