About This Artwork

Lovis Corinth
German, 1858-1925

Self-Portrait, 1924

Gouache, with possible additions in oil, on heavy ivory wove paper
486 x 305 mm
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1987.280

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, The Gallery of Modern Art, "Lovis Corinth, a retrospective exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art," 22 September-1 November 1964, p. 43, cat. 97.

Karlsruhe, Germany, Badisacher Kunstverein, "Lovis Corinth: Das Portrait," 1967, cat. 131, (ill.).

The St. Louis Art Museum, Mo., "Lovis Corinth," November 14, 1996-January 26, 1997, cat. 253, p. 354 (ill.).

Hamburg, Germany, Hamburger Kunsthalle, "Lovis Corinth, Self Portraits," November 11, 2004–February 6, 2005.

Hamburg, Germany, Hamburger Kunsthalle, "Lovis Corinth," November 19, 2004-March 6, 2005, cat. 57, p. 120, (ill.).

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," March 24-September 13, 2009, no cat.

Publication History

James N. Wood and Sally Ruth May, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago, 1993), p. 216 (ill.).

The Art Institute of Chicago, Treasures from The Art IInstitute of Chicago, selected by James N. Wood with commentaries by Debra N. Mancoff (Chicago and New York, 2000), p. 268.

The Essential Guide (Chicago, 2009), p. 309 (ill.).

Ownership History

Estate of the artist [a letter from Wilhelmine Corinth, 1988, in curatorial file]; by descent to the artist's daughter Wilhelmine Corinth, New York; sold to Sabine Helms, Munich, 1987, [letter mentioned above]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.