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Ernst Barlach
Goethe: All Hallows Eve1923

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black ink showing two entwined figures against a solid black background above Gothic blackletter text in German
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a group of draped figures clustered together, one recumbent figure cradled by others, with bold contrasting gouged lines and a dark hatched background. Pencil signature at lower right.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting two crouching bestial figures with wild hair and grimacing faces, rendered with bold, jagged gouge marks against a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a cloaked standing figure looms over a crouching figure on the ground, with a second standing figure holding a staff at right and a crescent moon visible in the upper corner; bold, jagged gouged lines throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white, two cloaked figures walking together against a swirling, wind-swept background, rendered with bold gouged lines and high contrast between deep blacks and stark whites.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a cloaked figure with flowing hair looms large over a crouching nude figure below, rendered with dense cross-hatched and gestural gouge marks against a turbulent background.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a robed figure with an open mouth rises above a sprawling form below, surrounded by dense cross-hatched marks and dynamic carved lines.
Woodcut print in black and white; a hunched elderly figure wrapped in a shawl sits on a small stool, leaning against a heavily textured wall rendered with dense parallel carved lines.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, expressive line work; a prone figure in the foreground faces downward while a winged form with a bearded face swoops from above, a smaller crouching figure at right; dynamic diagonal hatching fills the background.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting a rearing horse in the lower half, with a contorted human figure above it surrounded by fantastical creatures including crustaceans and serpentine forms, rendered with bold, energetic gouged lines. Handwritten signature at lower right.
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white contrast, depicting multiple figures in dynamic poses across a dark, turbulent landscape. A partially nude figure floats upper left, a standing figure occupies the center, and a prone figure lies at bottom, surrounded by jagged, expressive gouged lines suggesting wind, rock, and a crescent moon.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, multiple figures surrounding a central mass of flames, rendered with bold gouged lines and high contrast; crowded figures gesturing and leaning inward from all sides, with dense dark background and energetic, angular mark-making.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a cloaked, heavyset central figure seated with head tilted back, surrounded by several smaller crouching figures emerging from a dark background, with bold hatched lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular carving; a robed figure with wild hair and raised clawed hands looms above a chaotic arrangement of scrolls, a skull, a quill, and small faces, rendered with high contrast and expressive linework.
Woodcut print in black and white; a standing woman in robes with long flowing hair occupies the center, surrounded by swirling dynamic figures and animal forms rendered in bold, expressionist hatch marks. Signed in pencil below.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two figures dancing energetically, rendered with bold carved lines and high contrast. A cloaked figure at left leans forward with a staff or cane; a round-faced figure at right raises arms with flowing garments, against a dark hatched background.
Woodcut print in black and white showing a cloaked figure carrying a limp, nude figure, with bold parallel gouged lines and high contrast between deep black background and white forms; a signature appears at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a crowd of masked and cloaked figures in dynamic movement, with grotesque carnival masks, pointed hats, and clawed feet rendered in bold, angular gouged lines against a black background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a robed, barefoot woman with long hair stands centrally, hands clasped, surrounded by a crowd of crouching and gesturing figures; bold gouged lines and high contrast throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white; a robed, hooded figure with a scythe embraces a standing nude female figure, rendered with bold parallel gouged lines against a dark background; pencil signature below.

Ernst Barlach, Title Page: Goethe Walpurgisnacht, 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Goethe: All Hallows Eve
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1923
Medium
Twenty woodcuts on Japan paper
Dimensions
See Individual Records
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.34.2a-t
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.

  • Schult, Friedrich. Ernst Barlach, das graphische Werk. Hrsg. mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin. Series: His Ernest Barlach Werkverzeichnis, Bd. 2. Hamburg: E. Hauswedell, 1958.