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Self-Portrait

1920–21

Lovis Corinth

(German, 1858–1925)
Culture
Germany
Medium
Softground etching
Measurements
Platemark: 11.9 x 19.1 cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jonathan, Michael, and Sarah Silver in memory of their father, Daniel Jeremy Silver 2017.272
Catalogue raisonné
Müller 481
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

After suffering a stroke in 1911, the German artist Lovis Corinth made numerous self-portraits that exhibit a preoccupation with his own mortality. Corinth created a mood of tension and anxiety by portraying himself in heavy shadow, with eyes staring straight out at the viewer; his marks made in the soft etching ground manifest a nervous energy.
A vertically oriented softground etching on cream paper features a man from the chest up in black ink. Facing us with circular glasses, his face is defined by dense hatching and gritty, dark patches. Rough, streaking lines shade his clothing. Below the rectangular image, a handwritten signature in dark ink slants right, exhibiting a loose, gestural quality that mirrors the print's textured, frenetic patterns of straight lines.

Self-Portrait

1920–21

Lovis Corinth

(German, 1858–1925)
Germany

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