Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

1920

Lovis Corinth

Associated Names
Lovis Corinth

Artist, German, 1858 - 1925

Fritz Gurlitt

Publisher, German, 1854 - 1893

The image shows a sketch of an individual from the upper torso up. The person is angled slightly with the face turned towards the viewer. The facial features include a mustache and deep-set eyes, with shadows accentuating the facial contours. The hair is covered by a wide-brimmed hat shaded dark with crosshatching. The individual is wearing a collared shirt visible beneath a coat. The background is plain, and the artwork is signed by the artist at the bottom.

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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: 11.9 x 8.8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.2 x 17.1 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.243.21

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1922, no. 426

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. 426.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Schw. 426

Wikidata ID

Q75118034

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