ID 1306222
Lot 225 | LOVIS CORINTH (1858-1925)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Orchideen
signed and dated 'Lovis Corinth. 1923.' (upper left)
oil on board
25 7/8 x 21 ¼ in. (65.8 x 53.9 cm.)
Painted in 1923
Provenance
Charlotte Berend-Corinth [the artist's wife], Berlin.
Dr. Arthur Rosin, Berlin.
Graphisches Kabinett, Bremen.
Dr. A. Strube, Bremen, by 1923.
Private collection, Bad Oeynhausen.
Kunsthandlung Franz Resch, Gauting.
Müller collection, Germany.
Acquired from the above on 18 March 1991, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Berend-Corinth, Lovis Corinth, Die Gemälde, Werkverzeichnis, Munich, 1992, no. 903, p. 189 (illustrated p. 829).
Exhibited
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Corinth, September - October 1923, no. 117, p. 19.
Wolfsburg, Volkswagenwerk, Deutsche Malerei, Ausgewählte Meister seit Caspar David Friedrich, April - May 1956, no. 32 (titled 'Stilleben mit Orchideen' and incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on panel').
Wolfsburg, Stadthalle, Lovis Corinth, Gedächtnisausstellung, zur Feier des hundertsten Geburtsjahres, May - June 1958, no. 201 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on panel'); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, July - August 1958, no. 132 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on panel').
| Artist: | Lovis Corint (1858 - 1925) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Lovis Corint (1858 - 1925) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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