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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
The Christ play1918

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold white abstract forms — arched oval, ladder shapes, and spiky triangles — against a densely striated black background
Woodblock print of an abstracted standing figure in white against a dark textured background, with angular, geometric forms suggesting a head, torso, and legs; a grid-patterned rectangular shape extends to the right.
Woodblock print with heavily textured vertical grain, featuring abstracted white figures with simplified facial features against a dark background, bold carved lines and flat contrasting forms
Woodblock print in black and white depicting two abstracted standing figures side by side, with angular, stylized facial features and elongated forms; visible wood grain texture throughout, with bold white carved lines against dark background.
Woodblock print of a stylized human figure in white against a heavily grained black background, with angular, fragmented forms suggesting a bowed or crouching pose.
Woodcut print of a stylized face in black and white, with angular fragmented features, visible wood grain texture, and jagged spike-like forms along the right edge.
Woodblock print with bold black and white contrast, depicting an abstracted standing figure rendered in angular, fragmented forms with visible wood-grain texture in the dark background and parallel incised line details throughout.
Woodcut print of a stylized frontal face composed of bold white angular and curved forms against a dark, vertically grained background, with striped hatching suggesting eyes, nose, and open mouth.
Woodcut print of a stylized frontal face with simplified angular features, surrounded by a circular halo-like form and radiating lines, printed in black ink with visible wood grain texture throughout.
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Title
The Christ play
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and nine woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 x 0.48 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
83.1.179a-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.

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion Verlag, 1924.
  • 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.