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Ernst Barlach
Dance of death 21924

Not on view
Lithograph of three gaunt, skeletal figures dancing and gesturing wildly, rendered in loose black chalk lines on cream paper, signed 'E. Barlach'
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Dance of death 2
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Lithograph on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image (Image): 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (26.3525 x 20.6375 cm) Sheet (Sheet): 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (33.9725 x 26.3525 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 2.54 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
83.1.33.2d
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.