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Edmund Schaefer
The dangerous invitationcirca 1920

Not on view
Woodcut or wood engraving of two figures in a dark Gothic alleyway, one cloaked in black and one in a white veil and gown, their hands joined beneath dramatic contrast lighting

Edmund Schaefer, The dangerous invitation, circa 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edmund Schaefer
Title
The dangerous invitation
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1920
Medium
Wood engraving on Japan paper
Dimensions
Plate: 7 7/8 x 5 13/16 in. (20 x 14.76 cm); Sheet: 14 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (36.83 x 31.43 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.259b
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.