The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Self-Portrait
1920–21
(German, 1858–1925)
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.)
Gift of Jonathan, Michael, and Sarah Silver in memory of their father, Daniel Jeremy Silver 2017.272
Catalogue raisonné: Müller 481
Location: not on view
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.- {{cite web|title=Self-Portrait|url=false|author=Lovis Corinth|year=1920–21|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.272