The Artist and Death I (Der Kunstler und der Tod I)

Lovis Corinth

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925). The Artist and Death I (Der Kunstler und der Tod I), 1916. Etching and drypoint on laid paper, Image (Plate): 10 1/2 x 7 15/16 in. (26.7 x 20.2 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (38.8 x 28.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner, 86.216. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

The Artist and Death I (Der Kunstler und der Tod I)

Date

1916

Geography

Place made: Germany

Medium

Etching and drypoint on laid paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image (Plate): 10 1/2 x 7 15/16 in. (26.7 x 20.2 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (38.8 x 28.9 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Lovis Corinth" lower right margin in pencil

Inscriptions

Lower right in graphite: "Lovis Corinth" I. Lettering on top reads "-ANA-OS" 2 Examples II. Lettering reads "-ANATOE 45" on Japan, 75 on Van Geldern

Markings

Watermarks: crown head (cut off)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner

Accession Number

86.216

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