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Felix Meseck
Man and womancirca 1921

Not on view
Drypoint or etching of two bare-shouldered figures — a younger woman with eyes closed and an older bald man in profile — pressed together, with intertwined hands at center

Felix Meseck, Man and woman, circa 1921, 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
Felix Meseck
Title
Man and woman
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Drypoint on thin laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (16.83 x 12.07 cm); Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 7/16 in. (26.67 x 18.89 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
83.1.85d
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.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.

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