Lesendes Mädchen (Girl Reading)

1911

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image shows a sketch of a woman from the waist up in a seated position, with her legs extended to her right. She holds an open book in her left hand at eye level. She has medium-length, wavy dark hair and facial features are subtly sketched. She is wearing a dress with short sleeves and there is an indication of a pattern on the fabric, along with a belt at her waist. The sketch is primarily created with charcoal or pencil on a textured paper background, with expressive, rapid strokes that suggest the background without detailing it extensively.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.8 x 37.1 cm (9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 x 40 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 71, ii/ii

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. 38.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 71, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 26/30; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: R11360 / R13326; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 71

Wikidata ID

Q74896741

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