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Ernst Kneil
The heavenly pioneerscirca 1923

Not on view
Woodcut print with two closely cropped male faces in bold black and white; one bald with round glasses and a thick mustache, one in profile with dark hair, captioned '(Die Himmelspioniere)'

Ernst Kneil, The heavenly pioneers, circa 1923, 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
Ernst Kneil
Title
The heavenly pioneers
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1923
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 3 7/8 x 4 1/16 in. (9.84 x 10.31 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
83.1.963i
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.