Self-Portrait (1920–21): Art, History and Details

Self-Portrait (1920–21) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

After suffering a stroke in 1911, the German artist Lovis Corinth made numerous self-portraits that exhibit a preoccupation with his own mortality. Corinth created a mood of tension and anxiety by portraying himself in heavy shadow, with eyes staring straight out at the viewer; his marks made in the soft etching ground manifest a nervous energy.

Object facts

• Title: Self-Portrait
• Date: 1920–21
• Creator attribution: Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)
• Culture: Germany
• Type: Print
• Technique: Softground etching
• Dimensions: Platemark: 11.9 x 19.1 cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2017.272

Collection credit

Gift of Jonathan, Michael, and Sarah Silver in memory of their father, Daniel Jeremy Silver

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