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Wilhelm Morgner
Self-portrait1912

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, head-and-shoulders portrait of an older figure, rendered with bold slashing black strokes and heavy contrast
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Morgner
Title
Self-portrait
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1912
Medium
Black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
23 13/16 x 19 in. (60.48 x 48.26 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.350
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1891-1917). Georg Tappert (estate stamp #504, verso) (1880-1957); [Carus Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1975 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.

  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.