Ludwig Meidner
Wannsee Train Station (Wannsee-Bahnhof)1913

Not on view

Ink drawing on cream paper of a tilted, fragmented urban street scene with a domed building, globe lights, diagonal pole, storefront signs, and a crowd rendered in loose, energetic black strokes

Artist or Maker: Ludwig Meidner
Germany, also active England and France, 1884-1966
Title: Wannsee Train Station (Wannsee-Bahnhof)
Place Made: Germany
Date Made: 1913
Medium: Black ink heightened with white on wove paper
Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (46.36 x 59.06 cm)
Credit Line: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number: M.82.287.86
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance: The artist (1884-1966). Hammelsbeck, Cologne (embossed collector's mark "H H" and flower); [Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne]; purchased in 1979 by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
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.
Benson, Timothy O., et al. Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
Eliel, Carol S. The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Ludwig Meidner. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989.
Grochowiak, Thomas. Ludwig Meidner. [Werke Hrsg.] Thomas Grochowiak. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1966.
Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.
Copyright: © Ludwig-Meidner-Archiv, Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ludwig Meidner
Wannsee Train Station (Wannsee-Bahnhof)1913

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Ludwig Meidner
Germany, also active England and France, 1884-1966
Title: Wannsee Train Station (Wannsee-Bahnhof)
Place Made: Germany
Date Made: 1913
Medium: Black ink heightened with white on wove paper
Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (46.36 x 59.06 cm)
Credit Line: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number: M.82.287.86
Classification: Drawings
Collecting Area: Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance: The artist (1884-1966). Hammelsbeck, Cologne (embossed collector's mark "H H" and flower); [Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne]; purchased in 1979 by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
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.
Benson, Timothy O., et al. Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
Eliel, Carol S. The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Ludwig Meidner. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989.
Grochowiak, Thomas. Ludwig Meidner. [Werke Hrsg.] Thomas Grochowiak. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1966.
Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.