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Peter Bertlings
Mother and childcirca 1934

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black and white contrast, depicting crouching figures and a reclining form among dense, slashing lines suggesting grass or reeds

Peter Bertlings, Mother and child, circa 1934, 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
Peter Bertlings
Title
Mother and child
Place Made
Germany, Krefeld
Date Made
circa 1934
Medium
Woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 6 5/8 x 9 15/16 in. (16.83 x 25.24 cm); Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 9/16 in. (29.85 x 39.53 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
83.1.16a
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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