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Collections

Else Lasker-Schüler
An old Tibetan carpetcirca 1923

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, three loosely rendered figures in costume — one with a conical hat holding a bunch of grapes, one seated with an elaborate headdress, one standing with hands clasped — with German script handwriting below

Else Lasker-Schüler, An old Tibetan carpet, 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
Else Lasker-Schüler
Title
An old Tibetan carpet
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1923
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 in. (31.75 × 22.86 cm) Image: 8 × 6 in. (20.32 × 15.24 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
83.1.755g
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.