Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)

"Come On, Comrades, to Horse and to Battle, Bound for Liberty!" ("Wohl auf, Kameraden, aufs Pferd, aufs Pferd! Ins Feld, in die Freiheit gezogen!") for the illustrated book Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)

Date:

(1922)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate: 10 x 8 1/8" (25.4 x 20.7 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 12 5/16" (37.7 x 31.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Hans Heinrich Tilgner Verlag, Berlin

Printer:

Alfred Ruckenbrod, Berlin

Edition:

Proof before the illustrated book edition of 300 (including a deluxe edition of 20 on Zanders "Bütten" paper in pigskin vellum binding, a special edition of 80 on "Bütten" paper in full-morocco binding, and a regular edition of 200 on Johann Wilhelm "Bütten" paper in half-leather binding); plus supplementary suite of 20 on calfskin vellum in portfolio accompanying the deluxe edition

Credit Line:

Given anonymously

Reference:

Müller 814. Rifkind 443.6.

MoMA Number:

70.1956

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Intaglio