Collection

1913 STUDY ARIADNE

Lovis Corinth
Reclining Female Nude (Study Ariadne)
Around 1913
Pencil drawing on textured laid paper with watermark “J WHATMAN”. 34.1 × 51.3 cm.
Framed under glass. Signed ‘Lovis Corinth’ in light brown lower right, inscribed ‘Studie Ariadne’ in pencil lower left. – In fine condition. Slightly darkened in mat opening.
Provenance
Germann Auktionshaus, Zurich (2009); private collection, Malta
The pencil drawing is one of the preparatory works for the large-format painting “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Lovis Corinth, dated 1913. Two etchings with Ariadne and Theseus are known from 1914.