Death and the Artist, plate one from Dance of Death

c. 1919

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Drypoint and soft ground etching on gray-green Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image: 23.5 × 17.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1947.149
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Death and the Artist, plate one from Dance of Death — Lovis Corinth. c. 1919.

Medium: Drypoint and soft ground etching on gray-green Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 23.5 × 17.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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