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Death and the Old Man

Lovis Corinth and Euphorian Verlag

Death and the Old Man

1921

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Death and the Old Man

Lovis Corinth and Euphorian Verlag

Death and the Old Man

Death and the Old Man

1921

Physical Qualities Softground etching, Sheet: 368 x 253 mm. (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.) Plate: 240 x 175 mm. (9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Purchased in Memory of Gertrude Rosenthal with funds contributed by her Friends
Object Number 1991.18.4
Portfolio of 5 prints, Death and the Artist, Death and the Wife, Death and the Couple, Death and the Old Man, and Death and the Youth
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1991; The Prints & The Pauper, Santa Monica, California.

Signed: one

Inscribed: RECTO, in graphite, LL: "56/95"; LR: [artist signature] "Lovis Corinth"

Markings: None

Artist

Lovis Corinth

1857–1924

German, 1858-1925
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Publisher

Euphorian Verlag

2000–2000

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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH EASEL
Lovis Corinth
Self-Portrait with Easel
1919
DEATH OF AN OLD WOMAN
Célestin François Nanteuil, Octave Tassaert, and others
Death of an Old Woman
1832–1872
RECLINING NUDE
Lovis Corinth and Fritz Gurlitt
Reclining Nude
1912
YES SIR, IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL PREMIUM WITH OUR INSURANCE, YOU CAN BE ASSURED FOR DEATH....FOR DEATH IN A PROPER GENTLEMANLY MANNER. WHEN YOU GO OFF IN A FINE HEARSE, VERY COMFORTABLE, TO BE MOURNED BY THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT, AND LEAVING AN INCONSOLABLE WIDOW IN GOLDEN LETTERS ON YOUR GRAVE.... - AND IF YOU DON'T KEEP YOUR PROMISES? - THEN YOU CAN STILL GIVE US A RECEIPT AND SUE US BEFORE A TRIBUNAL.
Honoré Daumier
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death....for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave.... - And if you don't keep your promises? - Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1837
SELF-PORTRAIT IN STRAW HAT
Lovis Corinth
Self-Portrait in Straw Hat
1912
The Old Woman Letting the Room to the Student
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Old Woman Letting the Room to the Student
19th century
Death and the Youth
Lovis Corinth and Euphorian Verlag
Death and the Youth
1921
A MARKET STALL WITH A YOUNG WOMAN GIVING A BASKET OF GRAPES TO AN OLDER WOMAN
Louise Moillon
A market stall with a young woman giving a basket of grapes to an older woman
1624–1634
Death and the Couple
Lovis Corinth and Euphorian Verlag
Death and the Couple
1921
PORTRAIT OF A MAN HOLDING A SWORD
Frédéric Laguillermie and Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Portrait of a Man Holding a Sword
1860–2000
Death and the Wife
Lovis Corinth and Euphorian Verlag
Death and the Wife
1921
MAN SEATED IN CHAIR HOLDING CUP
Unknown Artist and Ary Scheffer
Man Seated in Chair Holding Cup
1829–1839