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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Circus scene1913

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black lines depicting two rearing horses at center, flanked by a tree trunk and small human figures in a simplified landscape

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Circus scene, 1913, 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
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Title
Circus scene
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1913
Medium
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (9.05 x 6.99 cm); Sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 in. (67.31 x 50.8 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
83.1.109b
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.
  • Dübe, Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter. Das graphische Werk. München : Prestel, 1980.

  • Benson, Timothy O., et al. Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.