Lovis Corinth

Alfred Odenheimer, Emmendingen, Baden-Wurttemberg 
Private Collection, Southern Germany
Sale: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 29 October 2010, lot 1130
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Lovis Corinth Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, 1926, no. 20, illustrated in the catalogue

Charlotte Berend-Corinth & Béatrice Hernad, Lovis Corinth: Die Gemälde, Munich, 1992, p. 64, no. 62, catalogued; p. 324, illustrated

The canvas has been relined. There is a pattern of hairline craquelure overall. Under ultra-violet light the old varnish layers fluoresce evenly, and some signs of retouching are visible notably along the upper framing edge, strokes and scattered small areas near the right framing edge, and some more minor scattered spots including a number of tiny spots in the figure's face. This work is in good overall condition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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Franz Lilienthal was a fellow East Prussian artist whom Corinth met while studying at the Académie Julian in Paris.