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Otto von Kursell
A bloody sea--an army to the grave--this is Bolshevism...circa 1919

Not on view
Lithograph poster with a kneeling nude figure arms raised amid silhouetted crosses against an orange sky, with German blackletter text above and below
Artist or Maker
Otto von Kursell
Russia, also active Germany, 1884-1967
Title
A bloody sea--an army to the grave--this is Bolshevism...
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1919
Medium
Lithograph printed in red and black on thin smooth paper mounted on linen
Dimensions
Sheet: 45 3/8 × 31 7/8 in. (115.25 × 80.96 cm) Image: 45 3/8 × 31 7/8 in. (115.25 × 80.96 cm) Mat: 49 1/2 × 48 1/2 in. (125.73 × 123.19 cm) Frame: 50 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (128.27 × 125.73 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Accession Number
M.2003.115.36
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies