Artists' ToolsGerman20th century

Copper plate: Walchensee

after 1919

Artists

Lovis CorinthArtist

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Copper plate

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

16 x 20.1 cm (6 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Lovis Corinth, by descent; to Charlotte Berend Corinth, (1925-1967), by descent; to Thomas Corinth, (1967-1988), by descent; to Wilhelmine Corinth, (1988-2001), by descent; to George E. Hecker, Wayland, MA (2001-2012), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012. NOTES: 1. The work belonged to the Corinth family and was always transferred upon the death of the previous owner: in 1925 Lovis Corinth bequeathed the work to his wife Charlotte Berend Corinth, who upon her death passed it on to her son Thomas Corinth who in turn passed it to his sister Wilhelmine Corinth. Wilhelmine Corinth was George Hecker’s mother.

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