Liegender Weiblicher Akt III (Reclining Female Nude III )

1913

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image is of a person lying on their back on a horizontal surface. One arm is bent across their forehead, and the other arm is extended to the side. One leg is bent with the foot resting on the surface, while the other leg is extended. The person appears unclothed with shaded body contours, subtly defined facial features, and long hair resting behind the head. The background is minimally depicted with simple, shaded lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 x 26.6 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 31.4 x 44.1 cm (12 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 132, 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. 7.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 132, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 132

Watermarks

[undeciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q74896907

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