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Emil Betzler
Chorus of women1919

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, large nude female figure at center with arms raised, surrounded by smaller crouching figures, with radiating curved lines filling the background

Emil Betzler, Chorus of women, 1919, 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
Emil Betzler
Title
Chorus of women
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1919
Medium
Drypoint on J. W. Zanders laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (20.96 x 17.15 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
83.1.1607c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

  • 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.

Copyright
© Emil Betzler Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn