Lovis Corinth

Benno Becker, Munich (acquired from the artist. Becker, 1860-1938, was an artist and friend of Corinth, secretary of Allotria, the social club of the Munich Artists' Association. A portrait of Becker by Corinth of 1892 is in the collection of the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal)
Probably, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel collection, Ole Liese, Gut Panker
Jean Baer, Berlin
Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich (1888-1965, gallerist, art dealer and collector)
Neue Galerie / Lentos Museum, Linz (purchased from the above in 1953)
Restituted to the heirs of Jean and Ida Baer in 2015

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 1923, no. 40
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Lovis Corinth Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, 1926, no. 29
Wolfsburg, Stadthalle; Basel, Kunsthalle; Lovis Corinth: Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, 1958, no. 11
Munich, Staatliche Graphische Galerie, Lovis Corinth. Zur Feier seines hundertsten Geburtstages, 1958 no. 12
Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Lovis Corinth. Ölgemälde und Graphik, 1960
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Lovis Corinth, 1858-1925, 1975, no. 9
Vienna, Kunstforum; Hannover, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum; Lovis Corinth, 1992-93, no. 4, illustrated
Munich, Haus der Kunst; Berlin, Nationalgalerie; Saint Louis, Art Museum; London, Tate Gallery, Lovis Corinth, 1996-97, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue

Charlotte Berend-Corinth & Béatrice Hernad, Lovis Corinth: Die Gemälde, Munich, 1992, p. 66, no. 82, catalogued; p. 336, illustrated

The artist's board is even and ensuring a stable support. There are a few small spots of paint flaking around the centre of the lower part of the composition in the green pigments (visible in the catalogue illustration) and some less visible signs of light wear towards the lower-right, however the artist's rich impasto is otherwise well-preserved overall. Under ultra-violet light the varnish fluoresces somewhat unevenly and some of the artist's pigments appear to fluoresce a bright green, however apart form some possible old strokes towards the upper-right corner in the sky, there do not appear to be other notable signs of retouching. This painting is in good overall condition. The colours are somewhat richer, more luminous and less black overall in reality than in the catalogue illustration. Presented in a simple dark grey-painted frame.
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Painted in Corinth's second period in Munich (1891-1901) while he was living at Giselastraße 7 in Munich’s Schwabing district, View from the Studio Window shows the artist's early exploration of the landscape technique that would come to define his style. The work was bought from Corinth by the painter Benno Becker, a leading figure in the reactionary Munich artists’ society Allotria, founded in 1873 by Franz von Lenbach and Lorenz Gedon and whose number included Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Hans Makart, and Franz von Stuck (see following lot).