Lot 69
  • 69

Lovis Corinth German, 1858-1925

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Description

  • Lovis Corinth
  • Frau Korfiz Holm (The Wife of poet Korfiz Holm)
  • signed and dated Lovis CORINTH 1901 u.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 76 by 89cm., 30 by 35in.

Provenance

Korfiz Holm, Munich
P. von Bleichert, Klinga, Saxony
K. Vogt, Leipzig
Acquired by the present owner circa 1995

Exhibited

Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Lovis Corinth. Das Porträt, 1967, no. 24
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Lovis Corinth, 1975, no. 43
Essen, Folkwang Museum and Munich, Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Lovis Corinth, 1985-6, no. 36

Literature

Charlotte Behrend Corinth, ed., Die Gemälde von Lovis Corinth, Werkkatalog, Munich, 1992, p. 418, illustrated; no. 217, p. 86, catalogued

Condition

This work is in excellent original condition, unlined and untouched.
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Catalogue Note

Korfiz Holm (1872-1942) was a German poet, translater, and publisher. He worked for the Albert Langen publishing house, famous for its satirical weekly Simplicissimus, becoming its editor in chief in 1898.