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Erich Godal
Chaos1920

Not on view
Lithograph with bold black ink on cream paper, chaotic scene of multiple figures in violent motion, high contrast with sketchy expressionistic style

Erich Godal, Genossenschaft für proletarische Kunst, Chaos, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Acquisition Fund, and the Twentieth Century Art Acquisition Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Erich Godal
Germany, also active United States, 1899-1969
Publisher
Genossenschaft für proletarische Kunst
Germany, Berlin, 1920
Title
Chaos
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph on J.W. Zanders 1916 laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 22 1/8 x 17 7/16 in. (56.2 x 44.29 cm); Sheet: 27 x 19 1/2 in. (68.58 x 49.53 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Acquisition Fund, and the Twentieth Century Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.238.25.10
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.

Copyright
© Erich Godal [or artist's estate]