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Hanns Herkendell
The only dam stopping the Red flood is the Christian People's Party (Center)1920

Not on view
Woodcut-style political print with a red crashing wave striking a dark brick wall, bold German text above and below
Artist or Maker
Hanns Herkendell
Germany, Dusseldorf, 1886-1958
Title
The only dam stopping the Red flood is the Christian People's Party (Center)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph printed in red and black on wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions
Sheet: 40 1/2 × 30 5/8 in. (102.87 × 77.79 cm) Image: 39 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (100.33 × 77.47 cm) Mat: 49 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (125.73 × 100.33 cm) Frame: 51 × 41 × 2 1/2 in. (129.54 × 104.14 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
Accession Number
M.2003.114.22
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies