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Herbert Anger
The revolutioncirca 1919

Not on view
Woodcut print with dense, angular black-and-white abstract composition incorporating fragmented capital letters scattered throughout
Artist or Maker
Herbert Anger
Germany, Magdeburg, 1892-1945
Title
The revolution
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1919
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (12.86 x 16.67 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
83.1.1561a
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.

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