Lot 349
  • 349

Lovis Corinth

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lovis Corinth
  • Rosen (Roses)
  • signed Lovis Corinth and dated 1918 (upper centre)
  • oil on panel
  • 60.9 by 49.3cm., 24 by 19 3/8 in.

Provenance

Frau M. Stern, Berlin
Private Collection
Kunsthandlung Resch, Gauting & Munich
Galerie Grosshennig, Dusseldorf
Galerie für alte und neue Kunst Alexander Gebhardt, Munich
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners

Exhibited

Berlin, Berliner Sezession, 1918, no. 18
Bremen, Graphisches Kabinett, Lovis Corinth Gedächtnisausstellung, 1926
Munich, Glaspalast, 1. Allgemeine  Kunstausstellung, 1926
Wolfsburg, Stadthalle, Lovis Corinth : Gedächtnisausstellung zur Feier des hundertsten Geburtsjahres, 1958, no. 158
Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Lovis Corinth 1925-1958. Gemälde und Druckgraphik, 1975, no. 71

Literature

Weltkunst, vol. XXXVI, no. 22, Munich, 1976, illustrated in colour p. 2200
Weltkunst, vol. XXXIX, no. 13, Munich, 1979, illustrated in colour on the cover
Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Die Gemälde von Lovis Corinth, Werkkatalog, Munich, 1958, no. 750, illustrated p. 702
Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Lovis Corinth, Die Gemälde, Werkverzeichnis, Munich, 1992, no. 750, illustrated p. 732

Condition

The panel is sound and UV examination reveals no signs of re-touching. There is some frame rubbing to the extreme edges with a few flecks of associated paint loss. There are some fine lines of paint shrinkage, predominately to the yellow pigment, with some associated paint losses. There is some lovely thick impasto and this work is in good overall condition.
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