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Walter O. Grimm
Sleepcirca 1918

Not on view
Woodcut print in black and white of two female figures with long dark hair surrounded by tropical foliage, bold graphic style with thick black forms and white striped patterning on flowing skirts

Walter O. Grimm, Sleep, circa 1918, 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
Walter O. Grimm
Title
Sleep
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1918
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (14.6 x 12.38 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
83.1.1560a
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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