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Erich Heckel
The Prison Guard1907

Not on view
Woodcut portrait print of a man in a flat-brimmed cap, face rendered in bold black with white gouged lines, on cream paper
Woodcut portrait of a bearded man wearing a peaked cap, rendered in stark black and white with bold, angular gouged lines and high contrast.
Artist or Maker
Erich Heckel
Germany, also active Austria, 1883-1970
Title
The Prison Guard
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1907
Medium
Woodcut on handmade paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (20.96 x 14.92 cm); Sheet: 14 5/16 x 8 11/16 in. (36.35 x 22.07 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.87e
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Benson, Timothy O. Expressionism in Germany and France: from Van Gogh to Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.
  • Benson, Timothy O. L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne et en France : De van Gogh à Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.