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Willi Geiger
To Our Heroes, 1914published 1918

Not on view
Lithograph in olive-green ink on cream paper, a single figure curled tightly with knees to chest and hands raised near the face, surrounded by soft wash shadows
Lithograph in black and gray tones depicting two figures in dynamic motion through a wooded landscape, rendered with loose, gestural marks and stark white highlights against dark foliage.
Lithograph with dense crosshatching; a large stylized tree rises from a cluster of armored figures with spears at the base, the numerals '1914' split across the mid-section, and billowing cloud-like foliage spreading above.
Lithograph depicting several figures in loose, sketchy linework; a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat reclines in the foreground holding a long lance, surrounded by slumped figures, with a standing bearded figure visible in the background.
Lithograph depicting a hunched male figure in dark clothing leaning forward over a prone form on the ground, holding crossed implements. A pale ghostly face emerges from the background at left, with a dark landscape behind. Soft, smudged tonal shading throughout.
Lithograph depicting a nude figure lying on its back on dark ground, arms raised toward the chest, while ghostly, energetic figures rise and scatter in the background above.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework depicting a vertical cluster of nude figures in dynamic poses; upper figures appear to carry long poles or staffs amid radiating lines, while lower figures crouch over turbulent, dark forms at the base.
Lithograph with loose, gestural linework depicting two groups of nude figures; an arched upper register shows two intertwined figures, while a larger crouching figure dominates the lower composition, rendered in gray tones on cream paper.
Lithograph depicting a group of draped and semi-nude figures clustered together in a compact oval composition, rendered in soft gray tones with loose, gestural linework on cream paper.
Lithograph depicting two figures in close confrontation; a clothed figure bends over a partially nude figure, with crossed swords or staffs extending from the upper left. Bold, expressive linework with heavy shading. Cursive inscription along the lower left margin.

Willi Geiger, Untitled, circa 1914, 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
Willi Geiger
Title
To Our Heroes, 1914
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
published 1918
Medium
Ten lithographs on heavy handmade paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 24 1/16 x 17 9/16 in. (61.12 x 44.61 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
AC1992.238.27.1-.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.