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Ludwig Meidner
a) Seated biblical figure; b) Man with beard1915

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper depicting two grotesquely exaggerated, bulbous figures wrestling, with bold contour lines and hatched shadows
Artist or Maker
Ludwig Meidner
Title
a) Seated biblical figure; b) Man with beard
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1915
Medium
Reed pen and pencil drawing
Dimensions
20 9/16 x 17 3/4 in. (52.23 x 45.09 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.88a-b
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1884-1966). D. Thomas Bergen (1930-2009); Christie's, London, 2 December 1980, lot 204
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.