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Georg A. Mathéy
Ascentcirca 1919

Not on view
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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