Tod und Künstler (Death and the Artist)
Lovis Corinth, German, 1858 - 1925
1921, published 1922
Soft-ground etching and drypoint on Van Gelder Zonen Bütten paper
87/95; 95 (including 25 numbered 1-25 on Japan paper and 70 numbered 26-95 on Van Gelder Zonen "Bütten" paper [this example]); plus 7 numbered I-VII on Japan paper with supplementary suite of 7 trial proofs and an additional trial proof of the first version of "Death and the Strucks" not included in the regular edition
Plate: 9 5/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23.7 × 17.7 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 in. (35.8 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
2008.55.1
Portfolio / Series Title
Totentanz (Dance of Death)
Printer
Alfred Ruckenbrod, Berlin
Publisher
Euphorion Verlag, Berlin
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in plate, upper right: Tod & Künstler; numbered, in graphite, lower left margin: 87/95; signed, in graphite, lower right margin: Lovis Corinth; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower left: R.A 8158; Label affixed to mount: printed, in ink, lower left: Lovis Corinth (1858 Tapiau - 1925 Zandvoort) / TOD UND KÜNSTLER / Vernis mou, etching and drypoint. 1922. / Müller 546. Signed in pencil lower right Lovis Corinth [artist name italicized] and numbered lower left 38/95 [sic]. A superb / velvety impression, printed with burr and subtle platetone on chamois laid paper watermarked / [Van Gelder] Zonen. [watermark italicized] From the edition of 70 impressions on laid paper aside from 25 on Japan. / Published as plate 1 in the portfolio Totentanz, [portfolio name italicized] Euphorion Verlag, Berlin 1922. / 237 x 177 mm (360 x 253 mm) / LC 01042 Watermark, upper left: ZONEN [Van Gelder Zonen]
Course History
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Marlene Heck, Winter 2012
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Winter 2012
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2014
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Gard, Andrew McCann, Winter 2019
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant Garde, Andrew McCann, Winter 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann, Spring 2021
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann2, Spring 2021
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann, Spring 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
ENGL 7.47, Tales of the Avant-Garde, Andrew McCann, Winter 2022
Writing 7.38, Culture of Self-Loathing, Min Young Godley, Spring 2024
Provenance
Charles M. Young Fine Prints & Drawings, Portland, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2008.
Catalogue Raisonne
Schwarz/Muller, no. 546, State only
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