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Karl Caspar
Pietàcirca 1912

Not on view
Woodcut or lithograph in bold black ink, four figures grouped around a limp bare-chested central male figure, with heavy expressive line work and dark hatched background

Karl Caspar, Pietà, circa 1912, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karl Caspar
Title
Pietà
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1912
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/16 x 12 15/16 in. (25.56 x 32.86 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.383a
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.

Copyright
© Karl Caspar / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

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