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Felix Meseck
The graphic year1921

Not on view
Tall, narrow etching of a standing figure in a long buttoned coat, rendered in dense hatching above and spare outlines below
Drypoint or etching portrait of an elderly person, bust-length, one hand raised toward the chest, with deeply lined facial features rendered in dense, expressive crosshatching in black ink on white.
Black ink drawing with bold outlines, a reclining nude figure holding a small vessel, with an elephant rearing above, rendered in a simplified, expressive style.
Drypoint etching of two figures in close proximity: a younger bare-shouldered woman with closed eyes faces an older bald figure leaning toward her; their hands meet between them, rendered in expressive fine lines with hatched background.
Woodcut print of a close-cropped face in three-quarter view, rendered in bold black and white with jagged, angular gouged lines and stark contrast typical of German Expressionist printmaking.
Charcoal or chalk drawing of a standing figure wearing a turban, dark jacket, and light skirt with a sash, one arm raised and extended, rendered with bold, expressive strokes on light paper.
Etching of two nude figures reclining outdoors among loosely sketched foliage and flowers, rendered in delicate fine lines on white paper.
Drypoint or etching in black and white; a reclining nude figure with closed eyes embraces a large dark animal, rendered in loose, gestural scratched lines against a white ground.
Ink drawing with spare, angular linework depicting an urban street scene. A gaunt man in a military cap and coat walks with a cane at left; in the foreground, a large cropped head of a heavyset man in profile faces him. In the background, uniformed figures stand near a monument, with industrial buildings and smokestacks rising behind.
Artist or Maker
Felix Meseck
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Artist or Maker
Richard Janthur
Artist or Maker
Lovis Corinth
Artist or Maker
Paul Scheurich
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Artist or Maker
Otto Schoff
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Wagner
Publisher
Fritz Gurlitt Verlag
Title
The graphic year
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material with three lithographs, one woodcut, and five drypoints on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (27.62 x 19.69 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
83.1.85a-i
Classification
Books
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.