Aline and the President (Aline und der Präsident) from The Queen of Golconda (Die Königin von Golkonde)
Lovis Corinth
German, 1858–1925
(1920/21)
A color lithograph in which Lovis Corinth stages a small theatrical tableau—Aline facing the President—using brisk, painterly strokes to capture the drama and intimacy of a scene from The Queen of Golconda.
You’re struck by the sketchy, pastel-like hatchings and a warm, muted palette of black, ochre, and rose that make the woman’s corseted silhouette and the man’s startled posture read like fresh rehearsal notes against a curtained backdrop.
Created near the end of Corinth’s career, the print shows how he translated the immediacy and fluid brushwork of modern German painting into lithography, helping to assert printmaking as a vehicle for expressive, painterly storytelling rather than only reproduction.
Medium
One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs
Dimensions
composition (irreg. ): 10 5/8 x 9 7/16" (27 x 24 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 3/8" (39 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of J.B. Neumann
Accession
340.1956
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