BR59.97: Der Venuswagen, by Friedrich von Schiller (with 8 lithographs by Lovis Corinth)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR59.97

People

Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)

Title

Der Venuswagen, by Friedrich von Schiller (with 8 lithographs by Lovis Corinth)

Classification

Books

Work Type

book

Date

1919

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/223330

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Letterpress and 8 color lithographs on off-white laid paper in hardbound book

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

30.6 x 26.1 x 0.9 cm (12 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite, on third to last page, at c.c.: Lovis Corinth

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Schwarz L383 I-VIII

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irving Sobin

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

BR59.97

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

clasp closures
letterpress: black ink for text pages, black and red inks for title pages
lithographs: colored inks

Publication History

• Karl Schwarz, ed., Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth (San Francisco, 1985), cat. no. L383

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