The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde with woodcuts by E. Heckel

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde with woodcuts by E. Heckel

Portfolio (orig. lang.): Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading von Oskar Wilde mit Holzschnitten von E. Heckel
Portfolio (translation): The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Descriptive: titlepage
Germany, 1907
Prints; woodcuts
Woodcut on handmade paper
Image: 3 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. (8.73 x 14.76 cm); Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (13.34 x 18.42 cm); Second support: 15 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (40 x 23.5 cm)
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies (M.82.288.87L)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Dübe, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dübe. Erich Heckel: das graphische Werk. New York: E. Rathenau, 1964.
  • 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.
  • Dübe, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dübe. Erich Heckel: das graphische Werk. New York: E. Rathenau, 1964.
  • 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.
  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer.  The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation.  Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
  • Thiem, Gunther. Prints by Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff:  A Centenary Celebration.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art:  Los Angeles, 1985.

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  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

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