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Walter Helbig
Saint Francis preaching to the birdscirca 1920

Not on view
Woodcut print of a bearded robed figure with raised hand, surrounded by birds and grain stalks, with bold black ink and gouged white lines
Artist or Maker
Walter Helbig
Germany, also active Switzerland, 1878-1968
Title
Saint Francis preaching to the birds
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1920
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 13/16 x 5 15/16 in. (19.84 x 15.08 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
83.1.1155a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.