Bayerisches Madl tanzend. 1919.
Gouache and color chalk.
Signed and dated lower right as well as dated and inscribed "Bayerisches Dirndl (Walchensee Triptichon)" by a hand other than that of the artist. On light cardboard. 72,6 x 42,6 cm (28,5 x 16,7 in), the full sheet.
Left part of a triptych, that Corinth painted as a present for his wife Charlotte Behrend-Corinth for the house on Walchensee. There otjer two parts' whereabouts are unknown.

Accompanied by an expertise issued by Prof. Dr. Thomas Deecke, Berlin, dated 1 September 2010.

PROVENANCE: Cesar Zimnoch, Mannheim (with label on frame).

EXHIBITION: Lovis Corinth Gedächtnisausstellung zur Feier des hundertsten Geburtsjahres. Wolfsburg, Stadthalle, 4 May - 15 June, 1958, cat. no. 264.

LITERATURE: Werner Timm, Lovis Corinth. Die Bilder vom Walchensee. Vision und Realität, ex. cat. Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg 27 April - 15 June, 1986, Kunsthalle Bremen 22 June - 17 August, 1986, no. 91 with illu. pp.194-195 (complete triptych).

The strong paiting-like duct of this humorist work with which Corinth surprised his wife shows a fundamental technical mastery that characterizes Corinth's work. The airy concept underlines the spirited composition in its spontaneous dynamic to which he even sacrificed certain aspects of expression. The hideaway on Walchensee that the Corinths had acquired in 1918, turned out to be an extremely inspiring place. The Walchensee-Pictures are excellent landmarks in his later period of creation, incarnation and reflection of German Late-Expressionism. [KD].