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Christian Rohlfs
Death with coffincirca 1917

Not on view
Woodcut print in amber-brown ink on cream paper, two intertwined figures — one human, one animal — rendered with bold, rough-edged lines and wood-grain texture

Christian Rohlfs, Death with coffin, circa 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Christian Rohlfs
Title
Death with coffin
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1917
Medium
Woodcut printed in brown on rice paper laid down on yellowish paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in. (21.43 x 15.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.257
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.

  • 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.