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Else Lasker-Schüler
Thebes: Poems and Lithographs1923

Not on view
Vertical ink drawing on cream paper of a dense, imaginary cityscape with domed buildings, crescent moons, stars, and two central figures in robes, with cursive inscription along the bottom
Black and white ink drawing of two figures — a standing adult cradling a smaller figure — set against a dense cityscape with buildings, wavy patterns, and a crescent moon above. German cursive inscription at the bottom.
Ink drawing of two standing figures: a tall robed man with elongated features on the left, and an ornately dressed woman with elaborate headdress and beaded jewelry on the right. A six-pointed star appears above. German handwritten text below in cursive script.
Pen and ink drawing of a large standing figure wearing ornate robes and a serpent draped over the shoulders, looming over a miniature cityscape of buildings and towers below; a line of German cursive script appears at the bottom.
Ink drawing of a tightly grouped cluster of figures in varied dress, including decorative jewelry and a fringed skirt, gathered beneath a six-pointed star. German script inscription at lower left. Loose, gestural line work.
Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in layered, patterned robes holding an infant, with a stylized cityscape and mountain silhouette in the background; a six-pointed star appears upper right; the word "Mariëe" is handwritten below the figure.
Ink drawing of three standing figures in expressive, gestural line work; a crowned figure at left holds a flowering branch, a central figure in layered clothing faces forward, and a third figure at right stands in profile; handwritten text in German script appears below.
Ink drawing of a hybrid human-bird figure with loose, gestural lines, accompanied by two lines of German cursive script below the image.
Ink drawing of a standing woman in a sleeveless dress and small hat with floral trim, rendered in loose, gestural lines; cursive handwritten text below the figure.
Ink drawing of a standing figure in profile, head bowed forward, wearing a long robe with a small sketched flower near the hem; handwritten German script in lower left corner.
Artist or Maker
Else Lasker-Schüler
Germany, also active Switzerland and Palestine, 1869-1945
Title
Thebes: Poems and Lithographs
Place Made
Germany, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin
Date Made
1923
Medium
Printed material and ten lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 7/8 × 10 × 1/2 in. (32.7 × 25.4 × 1.27 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
83.1.755a-j
Classification
Books
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.