Pink Clouds, Walchensee

1921

Lovis Corinth German, 1858-1925

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About the Artwork

In oil paintings, watercolors, and prints, Corinth depicted views from his vacation home situated high above the village of Urfeld on Lake Walchen In Bavaria. They are among the most beautiful and intensely emotional works created during the last seven years of his life, a period which was especially inspired and productive. The construction of the Corinth family home was supervised by his beloved wife, painter Charlotte Berend, and it was given her nickname "Petermannchen."

Title Pink Clouds, Walchensee

Artwork Date 1921

Artist Lovis Corinth

Life Dates 1858-1925

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper

Dimensions Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 in. (36.2 x 51 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.299

Markings

Signed Signed, in black paint, lower center: Lovis Corinth

Inscriptions Inscribed, in black ink, lower left: S | l Petermannchen Urfeld a | Walchensee | 16 August 1921. Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right: 7

Provenance

Charlotte Berend-Corinth (New York, New York, USA)

B. Westermann Co. (New York, New York, USA)

Robert H. Tannahill (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 192, no. 253 (ill.).

Bulletin of the DIA 55, 4 (1977): pp. 209-215 (ill.).

"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit Free Press (May 20, 1979): p. 21 (ill.).

Uhr, H. Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1982, p. 58 (ill.).

Uhr, Horst. German Drawings and Watercolors. New York, 1987, pp. 88-89, no. 41 (ill.).

Finch, Christopher. Twentieth-Century Watercolors. New York, 1988, pp. 74-75 (pl. 77).

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Lovis Corinth, Pink Clouds, Walchensee, 1921, Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.299.