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Death and the Artist, plate one from Dance of Death

A work made of drypoint and soft ground etching on gray-green japanese paper.

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  • A work made of drypoint and soft ground etching on gray-green japanese paper.

Date:

c. 1919

Artist:

Lovis Corinth
German, 1858-1925

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Lovis Corinth

Title

Death and the Artist, plate one from Dance of Death

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1914–1924

Medium

Drypoint and soft ground etching on gray-green Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image: 23.5 × 17.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William A. Nitze

Reference Number

1947.149

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