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Edwin Scharff
The brotherscirca 1921

Not on view
Lithograph of two embracing figures, one partially draped, rendered in loose charcoal-gray tones against a dark, blocky abstract background, printed on cream paper in an open book
Charcoal or ink figure study, two nude figures in close embrace against a dark gestural background, rendered with bold, sweeping marks and high contrast between deep blacks and white highlights.
Open book spread with German text in two columns; right page features a dark ink illustration of a nude figure in a dramatic twisted pose against a roughly brushed background.

Edwin Scharff, The brothers, circa 1921, 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
Edwin Scharff
Title
The brothers
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 10 5/8 x 6 11/16 in. (26.99 x 16.99 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
83.1.816a
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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