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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR55.431
People
Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title
Self-Portrait after an Illness, from the portfolio "Seven Etchings by Lovis Corinth"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Selbstporträt: Als ich krank war; Selbstbildnis, aus "Sieben Radierungen von Lovis Corinth"
Series/Book Title: Seven Etchings by Lovis Corinth
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1912
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255106

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Softground etching printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Softground etching
Dimensions
plate: 15 x 10.8 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
sheet: 41.5 x 31.5 cm (16 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Lovis Corinth
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, German: Heinr. Hellerash (?) München gdr. 50 Exe. Pl. Vern.
  • inscription: in plate at u.r., drypoint, German, in artist's hand: Als ich krank war Febr. 1912

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
II
Standard Reference Number
Schwarz 84

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
BR55.431
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Karl Schwarz, ed., Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth (San Francisco, 1985), cat. no. 84
  • Christopher B. With, Lovis Corinth: master prints and drawings from the Marcy Family and the National Gallery of Art, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, c. 1993), cat. no. 45

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