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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.70
People
Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title
Amaryllis, Calla Lilies, and Lilacs
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Amaryllis, Kalla und Flieder
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1922
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215495

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
104 x 80 cm (40 15/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on recto, at u.l.: Lovis Corinth 1922
  • inscription: on crossbar at left, black ink, stencil: HA 701
  • label: on frame at u.l., black ink, printed: 11
  • label: on frame at u.l., black ink and graphite, printed and handwritten, German: [...]preßgut / von Charlottenburg / 56 / am 1926 / nach [...] / Nr. 2313
    ["1926" and illegible portion handwritten in graphite; label partially torn]
  • label: on frame at u.l., black ink, typewritten, German: Eigentümer: Carl Weiß, Braunschweig
  • label: on frame at u.c., black ink, printed and handwritten, German: GALERIE PELS - LEUSDEN BERLIN / Fasanenstr. 25 . D-10719 Berlin . Tel. (030) 885 915-0 . Fax 882 41 45 / Künstler/Jahr Corinth, 1922 [S.13] / Titel/Technik Amaryllis, Kalla u. Flieder / E5758
    ["Corinth, 1922 [S.13]", "Amaryllis, Kalla u. Flieder" and "E5759" handwritten in black ink]
  • label: on frame at u.r., black ink, printed: 2981
  • exhibition label: on frame at u.r., black ink, printed, German: LOVIS CORINTH / GEDAECHTNIS - AUSSTELLUNG WOLFSBURG / 4. MAI BIS 15. JUNI 1958 / VERANSTALTET VOM VOLKSWAGENWERK
  • inscription: on frame at u.r., black ink, handwritten: [...] 404
  • inscription: on frame at l.c., graphite, handwritten: 1906/08
  • label: on crossbar at r., black ink, printed, German: Gustav Knauer, Berlin / 1891 (?) / Kunst Abteilung
    [label severely torn]
  • exhibition label: on crossbar at r., black ink, printed and handwritten, German: MUSEUM ZU ALLERHEILIGEN SCHAFFHAUSEN 1955 / Deutsche Impressionisten / LIEBERMANN -- CORINTH -- SLEVOGT / Künstler: L. Corinth Kat. Nr. 89 / Titel: Kalla u. weisser Flieder / Besitzer: Carl Weiss, Braunschweig.
    ["L. Corinth" (underlined), "89", "Kalla u. weisser Flieder" and "Carl Weiss, Braunschweig" handwritten in black ink]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
R. Eichberg, Breslau. Carl Weiss, Braunschweig. Private collection, Northern Germany, gift; to Verein der Freunde des Busch-Reisinger Museums, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Werner and Maren Otto on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Werner Otto Hall
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lovis Corinth: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik aus den Jahren 1915-1925, exh. cat., Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner (Bremen, 1990), no. 4
  • Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Lovis Corinth, die Gemälde: Werkverzeichnis, F. Bruchmann (Munich, Germany, 1992), no.850
  • Kunst Handel Leidenschaft: 50 Jahre Pels-Leusden Berlin Kampen Zurich, Galerie Pels-Leusden (Berlin, Germany, 2000), no. 19, pp. 45-46, 144

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