Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)

Father, this won't turn out well. We should stay away from the gang of soldiers (Vater, es wird nicht gut ablaufen, bleiben wir von dem Soldatenhaufen) for the illustrated book Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)

Date:

(1922)

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 10 x 8 1/8" (25.4 x 20.7 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 12 1/2" (37.7 x 31.8 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 810. Rifkind 443.2.

MoMA Number:

239.1952

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Intaglio