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Wilhelm Geissler
The chained one 2circa 1924

Not on view
Woodcut print of a nude male figure bound by ropes to a gnarled tree trunk, body twisting upward with head thrown back, rendered in bold black lines and heavy hatching

Wilhelm Geissler, The chained one 2, circa 1924, 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
Wilhelm Geissler
Title
The chained one 2
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1924
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13.97 x 11.74 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
83.1.549cc
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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