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Hanns Kempkes
Rheinish sailorcirca 1934

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print of a heavyset bald man in profile, seated at a table with a cup and round fruit, printed in bold black ink on off-white paper

Hanns Kempkes, Rheinish sailor, 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
Hanns Kempkes
Title
Rheinish sailor
Place Made
Germany, Krefeld
Date Made
circa 1934
Medium
Woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32.07 x 23.09 cm); Sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (39.53 x 29.85 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
83.1.16f
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.