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Richard Seewald
Penthesilea, a tragedy1917

Not on view
Charcoal drawing with bold gestural strokes depicting a small figure atop rearing horses, surrounded by radiating lines and sweeping dark bands
Ink drawing of a chaotic battle scene with mounted and fallen figures, horses, and raised spears, rendered in loose expressive brushwork with dark washes and gestural marks against a light background.

Richard Seewald, Untitled, 1917, 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
Richard Seewald
Title
Penthesilea, a tragedy
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1917
Medium
Printed material with twenty-one lithographs (some with watercolor) on simili-Japan paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 5/8 in. (30.8 × 23.18 × 1.59 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
83.1.184a-u
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.

  • 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.
  • Jentsch, Ralph. Richard Seewald: das graphische Werk. Esslingen: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1973.
Copyright
© Fondazione Richard e Uli Seewald, Ascona