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Emil Orlik
Heaven and Hell1920

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Black and white print with bold, loose lines depicting two figures — one standing from behind with hands gripping the head of a second figure who looks upward with parted lips and wide eyes

Emil Orlik, Heaven and Hell, 1920, 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 Orlik
Title
Heaven and Hell
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (20.96 x 14.61 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
83.1.1633a
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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