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Christian Rohlfs
The prisoner1918

Not on view
Expressionist woodcut in black ink on cream paper, nude figure gripping vertical bars across two horizontal registers, with rough, slashing marks
Artist or Maker
Christian Rohlfs
Title
The prisoner
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Woodcut on simili-Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 24 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (61.6 x 46.67 cm); Sheet: 24 1/16 x 18 3/8 in. (61.12 x 46.67 cm) irregular
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.253
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.

  • 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.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al., German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • 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.