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Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
The ship1920

Not on view
Black ink print on cream paper of a moored sailboat with a billowing sail, buildings and trees sketched in bold, varied lines in the distance

Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, The ship, 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
Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Title
The ship
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (14.28 x 16.51 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
83.1.735k
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.

Copyright
© Friedrich Ahlers-Hesterman Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn

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