In the Sweat of Your Brow | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1993.12
People: Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title: In the Sweat of Your Brow
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Im Schweisse deines Angesichtes
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1919
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219966

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on cream Japanese paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 32.2 x 40.2 cm (12 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
sheet: 43.1 x 53.8 cm (16 15/16 x 21 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Lovis Corinth

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schwarz 372

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Accession Year: 1993
Object Number: 1993.12
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Karl Schwarz, ed., Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth (San Francisco, 1985), cat. no. 372

Exhibition History

A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000

Verification Level

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1993.12: In the Sweat of Your Brow