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Hans Leip
The ferryboat1920

Not on view
Woodcut print in black and white showing a giant crouching figure gripping a small dangling person above a sweeping curved black form, with a tiny silhouetted figure below
Woodcut print in black and white; a sailboat with a large white triangular sail dominates the foreground, several small figures visible in the hull, with wavy water lines and a distant shoreline of trees and structures above.
Woodcut print in black and white; silhouetted nude figure stands with arms outstretched before a large window, vertical grain lines suggesting rain or curtains, a glowing reflection visible at center right, monogram at lower left.
Woodcut print in black and white; a figure stands beside a large boat in the foreground, with a second boat and a circular sun or moon on the water behind, rendered in bold, jagged gouged lines with high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a skeletal dancing figure with an animal skull head, wearing a ruffled skirt, rendered with bold gestural gouges against a solid black background.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a standing male figure in coat and hat dominates the left foreground, rendered with bold angular gouges; a street lamp and shadowy urban buildings recede into the dark background, with a circular sun or moon above.
Woodblock print in stark black and white; figure seen from behind carrying bags, walking past a low counter or display with a bushy plant, bold silhouette forms with rough-edged ink work.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting two figures on a stage, one in formal attire and one in a light dress with arms extended, beneath sweeping theatrical curtains rendered with bold diagonal line work.
Artist or Maker
Hans Leip
Title
The ferryboat
Place Made
Germany, Hamburg
Date Made
1920
Medium
Printed material and nine woodcuts on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in. (16.51 × 13.34 × 1.27 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
83.1.142a-i
Classification
Books
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.