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Lovis Corinth
Death Lament1921-1922

Not on view
Small vertical print with loose black ink marks depicting two or three indistinct seated figures beneath deep shadow, with a handwritten inscription along the bottom edge
Artist or Maker
Lovis Corinth
Germany, also active Netherlands and France, 1858-1925
Title
Death Lament
Date Made
1921-1922
Medium
Etching on heavy cream Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (28.58 × 22.54 cm) Sheet: 20 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (52.71 × 36.83 cm) Mat: 23 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (60.8 × 45.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Kallir Family
Accession Number
M.2026.2.18
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance

The artist (1858–1925). Harry Sherman; by descent to his daughter; Elliot Bloom. Pepe Boritz; [Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 2010]; transferred to the Kallir Family Foundation, New York, 2024; given in 2026 to LACMA.

Copyright
photo courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York