Untitled

© Nachlass Erich Heckel/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn
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Untitled

Descriptive: (postcard of a tightrope walker)

Germany, circa 1909
Drawings
Crayon, India ink, watercolor on card
5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (13.97 × 9.05 cm)
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies (M.82.288.334)
Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1883-1970)....
The artist (1883-1970). Rosa Schapire (1874-1954); private collection, Los Angeles, 1946; [Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased in 1972 by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art:  the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection:  prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
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