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Lovis Corinth
Temptation1920

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Lithograph in bold black ink on white paper, depicting a reclining nude figure surrounded by two looming, distorted faces and sweeping gestural marks

Lovis Corinth, Temptation, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Lovis Corinth
Title
Temptation
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph on handmade paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 5/8 x 10 1/16 in. (32.07 x 25.56 cm); Sheet: 19 7/16 x 15 in. (49.37 x 38.1 cm)
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
83.1.37h
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.

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