Frau mit Handarbeit (Woman with Needlework)

1912

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Galerie Paul Cassirer

Publisher, active c. 1903 - 1933

The image shows a sketch of a woman seated in a relaxed posture. She is holding an infant in her arms. The woman has defined facial features with dark hair styled away from her face. She is wearing loose-fitting clothing and her arms are positioned securely around the child. The background consists of vertical line patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.8 x 19.6 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.9 x 24.5 cm (14 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 110

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. 110.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: LC; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 13 Bl.17 Schw. 110

Wikidata ID

Q74896834

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