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Karl Opfermann
Saint1920

Not on view
Gestural ink drawing on white paper of a standing robed figure with a halo, rendered in loose, sketchy black lines

Karl Opfermann, Saint, 1920, 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 Opfermann
Title
Saint
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (18.09 x 3.81 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
83.1.735l
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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