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Self-Portrait
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About this work
After suffering a stroke in 1911, the German artist Lovis Corinth made numerous self-portraits that exhibit a preoccupation with his own mortality. Corinth created a mood of tension and anxiety by portraying himself in heavy shadow, with eyes staring straight out at the viewer; his marks made in the soft etching ground manifest a nervous energy.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSelf-Portrait, 1920–21. Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925). Softground etching; platemark: 11.9 x 19.1 cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.); sheet: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jonathan, Michael, and Sarah Silver in memory of their father, Daniel Jeremy Silver, 2017.272
