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Emil Nolde
Fabulous beasts (recto); Old men (verso)1926

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print in black, gray, and red, showing a large open-mouthed dog looming over a small animal on a red surface, with gestural bold lines

Emil Nolde, Fabulous beasts (recto); Old men (verso), 1926, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Emil Nolde
Title
Fabulous beasts (recto); Old men (verso)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1926
Medium
a) Lithograph printed in red, black, gray, and violet on simili-Japan paper; b) Lithograph printed in black, blue and violet on simili-Japan paper
Dimensions
a) Image: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (16.35 x 11.27 cm); b) Image: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (16.35 x 11.27 cm); Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 3/4 in. (30.64 x 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.243a-b
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.

  • Mosel, Christel; Urban, Martin; Schiefler, Gustav. Emil Nolde: das graphische Werk. Köln: DuMont, 1995-1996.
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany