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Robert Philippi
Miserycirca 1923

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Vertical woodcut portrait of a man from the chest up, his hand raised to his cheek, rendered in bold black lines and solid black ink with stark white negative space
Artist or Maker
Robert Philippi
Title
Misery
Place Made
Germany, Leipzig and Austria, Vienna
Date Made
circa 1923
Medium
Woodcut on thin Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.12 x 9.52 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
83.1.15f
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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