Self Portrait, 1908
Lovis Corinthexpand_more
Brush and black ink with black chalk on heavy beige cardboardexpand_more
The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fundexpand_more 62.10
Not on Viewexpand_more
An intense competitor and a true believer in willful superiority, Corinth depicted himself as the epitome of the powerful, driven artist. With assuredness undergirded by decades of academic practice, he applied strokes of black ink—thinned out in varying degrees—that slash, dance, and sometimes scrub. Where he miscalculated, he made corrections, scraping the soft, textured surface of the thick cardboard. Finally, he shaded the background with broad strokes of black chalk, making his presence glow. His wide-eyed countenance, coupled with the ferocious intensity of his execution, lends a slightly crazed undertone to this Übermensch (superman), a status that would receive a serious blow when Corinth suffered a stroke three years later.
Details
- Title
- Self Portrait
- Artist Life
- 1858-1925
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 62.10
- Provenance
- Corinth family; [Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, until 1962; sold, for $2,500 to MIA]
- Curator Approved
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