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Felix Meseck
Fifteen drypoints to H. von Kleist's Penthesileacirca 1920

Not on view
Etching or drypoint print of a rearing horse and four nude figures in a loose, expressive line style with heavy cross-hatching below
Black and white print with energetic cross-hatching, depicting multiple overlapping nude figures in contorted poses, rendered with loose expressive line work against a white ground.
Artist or Maker
Felix Meseck
Title
Fifteen drypoints to H. von Kleist's Penthesilea
Place Made
Germany, Berlin and Potsdam
Date Made
circa 1920
Medium
Fifteen drypoints on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 28 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
83.1.23a-p
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.