His last prayer

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Woodcuts
© Nachlass Erich Heckel/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn
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His last prayer

Alternate Title: Sein letztes Gebet
Portfolio (orig. lang.): Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading
Portfolio (translation): The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Plate: plate 9

Germany, 1907
Prints; woodcuts
Woodcut on handmade paper
Image: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (20.96 x 14.92 cm); Sheet: 14 x 8 3/4 in. (35.56 x 22.23 cm)
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies (M.82.288.87i)
Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
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.

  • 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.

    View Volume 1 of this publication in LACMA's Reading Room

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