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August Macke
Nudecirca 1910

Not on view
Charcoal drawing on tan paper of a nude figure crouched forward, head bowed, arms reaching toward the ground, with soft blended shading and handwritten inscriptions at the bottom
Artist or Maker
August Macke
Germany, 1887-1914
Title
Nude
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1910
Medium
Charcoal on thick brownish wove paper
Dimensions
24 15/16 x 19 in. (63.34 x 48.26 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.345
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1887-1914). Fried Liibbecke (1883-1965) and Emma Liibbecke-Job (1888-1982), Frankfurt; gift to private collector, Los Angeles, 1946; [Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased in 1972 by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
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.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
  • Benson, Timothy O. Expressionism in Germany and France: from Van Gogh to Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.
  • Benson, Timothy O. L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne et en France : De van Gogh à Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.

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