LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Rüdiger Berlit
The building angel of capitalismcirca 1922

Not on view
Page from a German publication with four woodcut prints in dark gray ink on tan paper, each depicting a stylized angel figure with bold, rough-cut lines and starburst shapes, with German captions below each image

Rüdiger Berlit, The building angel of capitalism, circa 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Title
The building angel of capitalism
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1922
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 3 13/16 x 3 1/8 in. (9.6 x 7.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.45.3
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.