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Lovis Corinth
Biblical scenes1919

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black and white contrast, two nude figures standing together amid radiating slashed lines, signed in pencil below with edition number 1/15
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, energetic gouge marks. Two standing nude figures in the foreground, with a winged horned figure looming behind them. Dynamic diagonal lines throughout create a turbulent background.
Woodcut print in black and white, two nude figures in dynamic poses beneath a dark animal form overhead, rendered with bold, energetic gouged lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold contrasts and energetic parallel gouge marks; two figures in dynamic struggle, one crouching over a prone figure, set against a fragmented, angular background. Pencil signature at lower right.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, a central haloed figure with arms outstretched flanked by two figures on either side, rendered with aggressive diagonal gouge marks against a dark background.
Artist or Maker
Lovis Corinth
Title
Biblical scenes
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1919
Medium
Five woodcuts on Japan paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.30a-e
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Schwarz, Karl. Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth. Berlin : F. Gurlitt, 1922.