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Georg A. Mathéy
Ascentcirca 1919

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Expressionist print from journal 'Die Aktion,' showing a gaunt nude figure rising with arms raised, flanked by billowing drapery, with ruins and a fallen figure below

Georg A. Mathéy, Ascent, circa 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Georg A. Mathéy
Title: Ascent
Place Made: Germany
Date Made: circa 1919
Medium: Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 1/16 x 4 1/2 in. (17.94 x 11.43 cm)
Credit Line: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number: AC1992.165.11.3
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.

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