LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Rudolf Grossmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann: Ritter Gluck1920

Not on view
Black ink print on cream paper depicting a crowd of figures in top hats seated and standing in a loosely rendered outdoor scene, with gestural hatching throughout
Black and white print with bold ink lines and gray wash, crowded scene of several figures in dynamic poses, one wearing a brimmed hat in the foreground, a large stringed bass instrument visible at right, overlapping forms suggesting movement and close quarters
Ink and gray wash drawing with expressive line work; a nude female figure at center grapples with a serpentine creature at right, while a curly-haired male figure at left plays a drum; a winged figure floats among clouds above, with handwritten annotations in the background.
Black and white print with bold ink lines; a standing male figure in a long coat raises his hands near his face, beside two large sunflowers on tall stems, with rocky ground at his feet.
Intaglio print with expressive linework; a nude figure with arms outstretched merges with bare, jagged branches rising from a mounded base, surrounded by sparse plant forms on either side, rendered in black ink with gray wash on white ground.
Ink drawing with gray wash of multiple figures crowded together, rendered in bold expressive linework with heavy hatching; three foreground figures shown from the shoulders up, with additional standing figures receding into the background.
Ink drawing with gray wash, multiple figures in dynamic poses crowded within a bordered rectangle; a central standing figure is grabbed from behind, while additional figures crouch, recoil, and observe, rendered with loose expressive linework.
Black and white print with energetic ink linework; two nude figures interact in a dense foliage setting, with fantastical flower-headed forms at left and a large animal with open jaws in the foreground.
Ink drawing with gray wash, two figures in close proximity — a seated bald figure leaning forward examines or tends to the abdomen of a standing pregnant figure, rendered with expressive gestural linework.
Black and white ink illustration with gray wash, three figures in a wooded outdoor setting. A reclining figure in robes is attended by a seated figure with hand raised to face, while a standing figure looks down from behind, hand raised to mouth. Bold, expressive linework.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular lines; two figures in an interior space, one at left facing forward and one at right in period costume, rendered with energetic hatching and expressionistic linework.
Ink and wash drawing of five loosely rendered figures in a compressed composition; a reclining man in the foreground, a seated woman behind him, and three standing figures in the background, rendered with fluid line work and gray wash shading.
Ink and wash drawing with bold outlines depicting multiple figures in dynamic, overlapping poses within a rectangular border; gray wash shading and expressive hatched linework.
Ink drawing of an outdoor café or street scene with several figures in hats gathered around a small table, rendered in loose expressive linework with urban buildings in the background. A signature in cursive script appears at lower left.
Pen and ink drawing with wash, a group of figures in 19th-century dress gathered outdoors among trees; women in full-skirted gowns and a man in a top hat, rendered with energetic crosshatching and loose line work.
Ink drawing of several figures in 19th-century dress promenading among trees; women in low-cut gowns and men in top hats rendered with loose, expressive crosshatching in black and gray wash.
Black and white woodcut or linocut print depicting three musicians playing instruments, including a double bass at left and violin at right, rendered with energetic hatched lines and dynamic overlapping figures.
Ink and pencil sketch of a violin and bow crossed beneath a top hat, surrounded by loosely drawn ribbon or cloud forms, with bold hatching and a handwritten signature below.
Pencil sketch of two seated figures, one on the left playing a cello with expressive gestural lines, and one on the right rendered in loose outline, seen from behind at a keyboard instrument.
Artist or Maker
Rudolf Grossmann
Title
E. T. A. Hoffmann: Ritter Gluck
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1920
Medium
Eighteen woodcuts with watercolor and one drawing on Japan paper
Dimensions
Overall: 15 3/16 x 11 in. (38.5 x 28 cm) Overall1 (overall): 15 3/16 x 11 in. (38.5 x 28 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
83.1.24a-s
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.