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The image features intricate lines and shapes forming an abstract composition. Dark and light areas create outlines and shadows resembling figures around a table. The figures seem sketchy and undefined, reminiscent of people gathered closely together. Swirling lines and curves suggest movement and complexity, while handwritten text at the top adds intrigue.
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The image features intricate lines and shapes forming an abstract composition. Dark and light areas create outlines and shadows resembling figures around a table. The figures seem sketchy and undefined, reminiscent of people gathered closely together. Swirling lines and curves suggest movement and complexity, while handwritten text at the top adds intrigue.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Was der blitz! Das ist ja die gustel von blasewitz" ("What's That! It's Gustel von Blasewitz")

Lovis Corinth

Date
1923
Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.7 x 20.9 cm (10 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 39.5 x 29 cm (15 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1991.244.11
Credit line
Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • German
  • literary and theatrical themes
  • secular
  • Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp, 1798)
  • Schiller, Friedrich von
Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

upper center in plate: [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth

NGA object ID 74766. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.