Lot 195
  • 195

Lovis Corinth

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lovis Corinth
  • SELBSTBILDNIS (SELF-PORTRAIT)
  • signed Lovis Corinth and dated 1923 (lower right)
  • charcoal on paper
  • 18.3 by 14.4cm., 7 1/4 by 5 5/8 in.

Provenance

Dr. Arthur Rosin, Berlin & New York
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Lovis Corinth: A Retrospective, 1990, no. 49


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Thomas Deecke.

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in the top two corners of the overmount. There is support tape at the top two corners of the reverse to support the hinges. Apart from some studio dirt, mainly to the reverse, and slight time staining to the sheet, this work is in good condition.
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