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Ernst Barlach
The master1922

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black diagonal lines showing three figures around a loaded cart with spoked wheels, signed 'E. Barlach' in cursive at lower right

Ernst Barlach, The master, 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
The master
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 6 3/8 in. (18.42 × 16.19 cm) Image: 6 1/2 × 5 in. (16.51 × 12.7 cm)
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
83.1.9.2q
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.

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