2012.53.2: A Roman, a boy and a servant watching two figures playing ball
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2012.53.2
- People
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Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
- Title
- A Roman, a boy and a servant watching two figures playing ball
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1919
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/341567
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Drypoint on cream wove paper
- Technique
- Drypoint
- Dimensions
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plate: 12.3 x 16.2 cm (4 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
sheet: 16.8 x 23 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: sheet, lower left corner, graphite: [erased]
- inscription: signed lower right, below plate, graphite: Lovis Corinth
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Lovis Corinth, by descent; to Charlotte Berend Corinth, (1925-1967), by descent; to Thomas Corinth, (1967-1988), by descent; to Wilhelmine Corinth, (1988-2001), by descent; to George E. Hecker, Wayland, MA (2001-2012), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
NOTES:
1. The work belonged to the Corinth family and was always transferred upon the death of the previous owner: in 1925 Lovis Corinth bequeathed the work to his wife Charlotte Berend Corinth, who upon her death passed it on to her son Thomas Corinth who in turn passed it to his sister Wilhelmine Corinth. Wilhelmine Corinth was George Hecker’s mother.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Schwarz 379 II
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Fund
- Accession Year
- 2012
- Object Number
- 2012.53.2
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022
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