Tod und Künstler (Death and the Artist)

Lovis Corinth, German, 1858 - 1925

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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

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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