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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Mother1916

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Woodcut print of an angular, geometric head-on portrait of a figure, built with bold black outlines and dense parallel hatching against white paper

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Mother, 1916, 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
Mother
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1916
Medium
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/8 x 12 3/16 in. (37.15 x 30.96 cm) irregular; Sheet: 24 1/4 x 20 3/16 in. (61.6 x 51.28 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.265
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.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al. Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

  • 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.

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

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