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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.29
People
Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title
Self Portrait
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297130

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on white wove paper
Dimensions
32.9 x 25 cm (12 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u. l., in crayon: Lovis Corinth
  • inscription: u. l., in crayon: 30. Mai 1924
  • inscription: on verson, u. l., in graphite: Buchholz

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1953, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.29
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 141
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum, ed., documenta III. Internationale Ausstellung. Handzeichnungen, exh. cat., Hessische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt GmbH (Kassel, Germany, 1964), p. 39, cat. no. 5, p. 41, b/w ill.

Exhibition History

  • Lovis Corinth, Curt Valentin Gallery, 01/19/1956 - 02/07/1956
  • documenta III. Internationale Ausstellung, Hessisches Landesmuseum, 06/27/1966 - 10/05/1966
  • An Exhibition of Lovis Corinth Self Portraits, Smith College Museum of Art, 02/16/1966 - 03/13/1966
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/05/2016 - 10/19/2016

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