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Felix Meseck
Preliminary sketch for "Liebesgarten" (Plate 12 of the portfolio "15 Kaltnadelarbeiten zu H. V. Kleist's "Penthesilea")circa 1920

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Gestural black ink drawing on white paper with multiple nude figures reclining and standing, rendered in rapid, overlapping loose strokes

Felix Meseck, Preliminary sketch for "Liebesgarten" (Plate 12 of the portfolio "15 Kaltnadelarbeiten zu H. V. Kleist's "Penthesilea"), circa 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Simms, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Felix Meseck
Title
Preliminary sketch for "Liebesgarten" (Plate 12 of the portfolio "15 Kaltnadelarbeiten zu H. V. Kleist's "Penthesilea")
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1920
Medium
Black ink on smooth machine made paper
Dimensions
11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (28.2 x 21.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Simms
Accession Number
M.89.68.11
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1883-1955). [Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel GMBH, Düsseldorf]; Richard Simms (Harbor City, CA, b. 1926); given in 1989 to LACMA.