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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Imperial Coat of Arms (Reichswappen)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print of a stylized heraldic eagle with spread wings inside a shield outline, bold black ink with carved white geometric patterning, 1935

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Imperial Coat of Arms (Reichswappen), 1919, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Title
Imperial Coat of Arms (Reichswappen)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1919
Medium
Woodcut on gray wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19 9/16 x 15 1/2 in. (49.69 x 39.37 cm) irregular; Sheet: 26 5/16 x 20 7/8 in. (66.83 x 53.02 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.272
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.

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Thiem, Gunther. Prints by Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: A Centenary Celebration. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Los Angeles, 1985.

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

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion Verlag, 1924.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn