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Wilhelm Geissler
The chained one 1circa 1924

Not on view
Woodcut print of a chained, straining male figure with head thrown back, surrounded by jagged angular forms and a sun-like circle, in stark black and white

Wilhelm Geissler, The chained one 1, 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 1
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1924
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (13.97 x 12.06 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
83.1.549z
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.