Weiblicher Akt (Female Nude)

1916

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image shows a person lying down on their side, facing to the right with their head resting on their forearm. The individual's facial features are not visible, and their hair is styled in an updo. The person is unclothed and resting in a relaxed pose on a soft surface. There are no visible accessories or objects. The background of the image is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on J. W. Zanders laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.7 x 17.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.5 x 28.4 cm (7 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.210.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 244, 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

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 244, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: LC 1916; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 244

Watermarks

JW Zanders

Wikidata ID

Q74897231

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