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Willy Jaeckel
The Tower of Babel1920

Not on view
Print on cream paper depicting a conical tower composed of dozens of tangled nude human figures, rising toward a burst of bright light at the apex

Willy Jaeckel, The Tower of Babel, 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
Willy Jaeckel
Germany, 1888-1944
Title
The Tower of Babel
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Etching on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 12 13/16 x 9 11/16 in. (32.54 x 24.61 cm); Sheet: 17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (45.56 x 35.24 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
AC1992.238.50.4
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Rinder, Lawrence. Architecture of Life. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2016.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York