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Frans Masereel
The Picture1921

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Woodcut print, 1921, angular figure of a man in a dark suit leaning over a ledge against a geometric cityscape, bold black and white contrast

Frans Masereel, The Picture, 1921, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frans Masereel
Title
The Picture
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1921
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 4 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (11.27 x 8.73 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.517a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • 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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