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  • Lovis Corinth. Statue of an Amazon (Amazonenstatue) (frontispiece) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Statue of an Amazon (Amazonenstatue)...
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    Lovis Corinth. Statue of an Amazon (Amazonenstatue) (frontispiece) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Walter Leistikow (plate facing page 24) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Walter Leistikow (plate facing page...
    1920
    Lovis Corinth. Walter Leistikow (plate facing page 24) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Female Half Nude (Weiblicher Halbakt) (plate facing page 28) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Female Half Nude (Weiblicher Halbakt)...
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    Lovis Corinth. Female Half Nude (Weiblicher Halbakt) (plate facing page 28) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Two Peasants after William Leibl (Zwei Bauern nach Wilhelm Leibl) (plate facing page 44) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Two Peasants after William Leibl (Zwei...
    1920
    Lovis Corinth. Two Peasants after William Leibl (Zwei Bauern nach Wilhelm Leibl) (plate facing page 44) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Part of Fresco Painting from Pisa's Campo Santo (Teil eines Freskogemäldes vom Campo Santo zu Pisa) (plate facing page 60) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
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    Lovis Corinth. Part of Fresco Painting from Pisa's Campo Santo (Teil eines Freskogemäldes vom Campo Santo zu Pisa) (plate facing page 60) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Part of Fresco Painting from Pisa's Campo Santo (Teil eines Freskogemäldes vom Campo Santo zu Pisa) (plate facing page 72) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
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    Lovis Corinth. Part of Fresco Painting from Pisa's Campo Santo (Teil eines Freskogemäldes vom Campo Santo zu Pisa) (plate facing page 72) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Brandenburg Gate (Bradenburger Tor) (plate facing page 92) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Brandenburg Gate (Bradenburger Tor)...
    1920
    Lovis Corinth. Brandenburg Gate (Bradenburger Tor) (plate facing page 92) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
  • Lovis Corinth. Karl Liebknecht (plate facing page 104) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920
    Karl Liebknecht (plate facing page...
    1920
    Lovis Corinth. Karl Liebknecht (plate facing page 104) from Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings). 1920

About this illustrated book

Heather Hess, German Expressionist Digital Archive Project, German Expressionism: Works from the Collection. 2011.

Gathering Lovis Corinth's articles from various art periodicals and Berlin newspapers, this collection features reminiscences of his boyhood in East Prussia, an essay on etching, a rumination on his travels to Italy, his inaugural lecture as president of the Berlin Secession (a modernist exhibiting society), and his thoughts on contemporary German art. The book also includes eight black-and-white lithographs by Corinth portraying Berlin monuments, the frescoes at the Campo Santo in Pisa, the death mask of socialist leader Karl Liebknecht, and German paintings the artist admired. This range of themes hints at the varied subjects and styles Corinth addressed throughout his long and prolific career.

PUBLISHING HISTORY

After World War I, when there was limited access to canvas and a declining market for expensive oil paintings, Corinth turned increasingly to printmaking for its financial promise. He collaborated closely with Wolfgang Gurlitt, a Berlin dealer who also published prints and illustrated books by Expressionists and other leading artists. Upon this book's publication, Corinth wrote to Karl Schwarz, the author of the first catalogue raisonné of his prints, saying, "Overall it’s nice, but actually I don’t like it. Hopefully it will sell well. That’s the most important thing."

Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)

The Illustrated Book

Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings)

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Author:
The artist
Date:
1920
Medium:
Illustrated book with eight lithographs
Dimensions:
page (each, irreg.): 11 7/16 x 9 1/16" (29 x 23 cm); overall: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 1/2" (29.5 x 24.1 x 1.2 cm)
Paper:
Cream, smooth, laid.
Publisher:
Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin
Printer:
unknown
Edition:
Book: Deluxe edition of 120 (including 20 signed and numbered 1-20 with eight lithographs, one etched self-portrait and supplementary loose-leaf etching; and 100 numbered 21-120 with eight lithographs and only the etched self-portrait signed) on Bütten paper and a regular edition: unknown [this ex.]; plus separate edition of eight lithographs: 15
Credit Line:
Curt Valentin Bequest
Reference:
Schwarz L 415-L 422.
MoMA Number:
71.1956.1-8
Themes:
Nude
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