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Karl Jakob Hirsch
Annunciation to the shepherdscirca 1915

Not on view
Expressionist woodcut print in black and white showing a large winged figure descending toward two crouching human figures below, with rough, angular carved lines

Karl Jakob Hirsch, Annunciation to the shepherds, circa 1915, 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
Karl Jakob Hirsch
Title
Annunciation to the shepherds
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1915
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/16 x 3 1/16 in. (12.86 x 7.78 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
83.1.1504c
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.