Stillleben mit Blumen in Vase, Muschel und Obst. 1902.
Oil on canvas.
Berend-Corinth 248. Signed in upper left. With fragments of an old label on the stretcher's reverse. 33.5 x 41.3 cm (13.1 x 16.2 in).
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• Next to Liebermann, Corinth was the most importnat German impressionist.
• His painterly strength can fully unfold in his still lifes.
• Collaboration witrh his wife Charlotte, likewise a painter: composed by Charlotte on October 12 and painted by Lovis the next day.
• Mavelous airy composition that plays with the pastel shine of roses and mother-of-pearl.

Accompanied by an expertise from Prof. Hans-Jürgen Imiela (1927–2005), Mainz, dated April 30, 1994.

PROVENANCE: Collection Dr. Ferdinand Mainzer, Berlin/Los Angeles (since 1932 the latest, presumably until 1943).
Mainzer family, Los Angeles (until 1993: Hauswedell)
Private collection Bavaria.

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction on June 10, 1993, lot 172 (with illu.).
"It is sad to hear that it got you so badly, my darling, but it'll get better. The still life will stay as it is, I think I'll paint it tomorrow. You just make sure you'll paint again soon. The stil life is well composed and quite promising, it's a fine art, if you are capable of it. Dear greetings from your teacher."
Lovis Corinth in a correspondence with Charlotte Berend on October 12, 1902. As student of Corinth, Berend had set up a still life in a studio and began to make a study. Since she didn't get down to finish it, Corinth painted the pciture instead.