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August Wilhelm Dressler
The Intellectual (Der Intellektuelle)1920

Not on view
Etching or engraving of a seated man in a dark suit and round glasses, leaning forward in a wooden chair before a bookshelf, on a checkered floor

August Wilhelm Dressler, The Intellectual (Der Intellektuelle), 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
August Wilhelm Dressler
Germany, Bergesgrun, 1886-1970
Title
The Intellectual (Der Intellektuelle)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Etching and aquatint on copperplate paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11 3/4 x 8 15/16 in. (29.85 x 22.7 cm); Sheet: 17 11/16 x 13 5/16 in. (44.93 x 33.81 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.57
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.

  • Rigby, Ida Katherine. An alle Künstler! : War-Revolution-Weimar : German Expressionist Prints, Drawings, Posters and Periodicals from the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. San Diego : San Diego State University Press, 1983.
  • Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.