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Walther Püttner
Shelled city in flamescirca 1914

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Ink drawing of a ruined city street with damaged buildings, swirling smoke, and a sweeping white arc against a dark, cross-hatched sky; German text below reads "IN BRAND GESCHOSSENE STADT"

Walther Püttner, Shelled city in flames, circa 1914, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Walther Püttner
Title
Shelled city in flames
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1914
Medium
Lithograph with yellow watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 15 9/16 x 13 1/8 in. (39.53 x 33.34 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.381i
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.