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Rudolf Grossmann
Society1920

Not on view
Ink and gray wash drawing on cream paper, five overlapping figures rendered in loose, bold strokes, with a heavyset man in profile dominating the lower left

Rudolf Grossmann, Society, 1920, 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
Rudolf Grossmann
Title
Society
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Woodcut with watercolor on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.51 x 10.8 cm); Sheet: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.97 x 17.94 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
83.1.24l
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.

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