Doppelbildnis mit Skelett (Double Portrait with Skeleton)

1916

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image shows a drawing of two men depicted from the shoulders up. The man on the left is shown in a three-quarter view with closed or obscured eyes, short slicked-back hair, and a mustache. He wears formal attire, including an overcoat and necktie. The man on the right faces forward with a similar hairstyle and mustache, also dressed formally. The background features anatomical elements with a human skull outlined behind the left figure and another skeletal form and an animal skull with long horns on the right. The artwork is done in loose, sketchy monochromatic pen strokes. It is dated 1916, with a visible signature below.

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Artwork overview

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. 34.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 278.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: LC / 1916; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 278

Wikidata ID

Q74897326

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