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Karl Hofer
Novice1922

Not on view
Lithograph with three intertwined figures rendered in loose black lines and cross-hatching; the lowest figure holds a solid black Latin cross

Karl Hofer, Novice, 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karl Hofer
Title
Novice
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Lithograph on Holland paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16 in. (21.43 x 14.13 cm) irregular; Sheet: 19 x 15 3/8 in. (48.26 x 39.05 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.378l
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.
  • Rathenau, Ernest. Karl Hofer : das graphische Werk / herausgegeben von Ernest Rathenau ; mit einer Einleitung von Kurt Martin. New York : Ernest Rathenau, 1969

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