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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1980,1213.22
Title
Object:
Der Sündenfall
(The Fall of Man)
Description
Adam and Eve (in profile) in Paradise. Eve is about to pick an apple from the Tree of Knowledge; treetrunk with serpent wrapped around it in the centre. 1919 Woodcut on thin japan paper
Producer name
Print made by:
Lovis Corinth
School/style
German
Production date
1919
Production place
Published in:
Berlin (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
250 millimetres
Width:
231 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Schwarz 1920 / Das graphische Werk von Lovis Corinth 1891-1920
(H370)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Eve
Representation of:
Adam
Acquisition name
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(21.xi.1980/917)
Acquisition date
1980
Acquisition notes
One of seven prints bought at the sale by Lovis Corinth formerly in the collection of Heinrich Müller, the author of the catalogue raisonné of the late graphic work of Lovis Corinth.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1980,1213.22