Aus dem Tiergarten (View of the Tiergarten)

1920

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

The image is an etching depicting a scene with a bridge slightly above the center. The bridge's line marks the horizon, with figures moving along it. In the distance are tree branches reaching upward, creating a web-like pattern. A lamppost is on the left of the bridge. The style features energetic brushstrokes and line work. The color palette is monochromatic, with dark shades against a lighter background. Water in the foreground reflects the bridge and vertical pole details, blending with the background lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on J. W. Zanders wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.6 x 31.8 cm (9 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 34.5 x 51 cm (13 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.243.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 397

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. 60.

Bibliography

1922

  • Schwarz, Karl. _Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. _Berlin, Germany: Fritz Gurlitt, 1922, no. 397.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 11/50; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 11254; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 397

Watermarks

JW Zanders 1916

Wikidata ID

Q75118011

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