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Self-Portrait, c. 1920. Drypoint on cream Japanese paper.

Drypoint on cream Japanese paper · Plate/image: 15.8 × 21.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Lovis Corinth German, 1858-1925
Date: c. 1920
Medium: Drypoint on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Plate/image: 15.8 × 21.5 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 24.3 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Dennis Adrian
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1858–1925

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.