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Erich Büttner
Wilhelm IIcirca 1915

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Erich Büttner, Wilhelm II
Black and white print with loose, sketchy linework depicting a rural landscape with horse-drawn wagons, figures on foot, low buildings, and bare trees under a cloudy sky; German text in Gothic script below the image.
Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a military uniform with medals, rendered in loose charcoal-like strokes on a light ground. Text in German script appears below the image.
Black and white ink caricature print of a sea lion balancing a large frog on its raised snout, rendered with crosshatched shading; German text appears above and below the composition.

Erich Büttner, Wilhelm II, circa 1915, 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
Erich Büttner
Title
Wilhelm II
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1915
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 9 9/16 in. (27.94 x 24.29 cm) irreg.
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
83.1.1422a
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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