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Michel Fingesten
Marsyas, 6 (Summer 1919) (Deluxe edition)1918

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Lithograph of a nude infant lying on its back on rumpled fabric, rendered in loose black ink strokes on cream paper, with a cursive inscription in the upper right
Lithograph of a seated woman in dark clothing, head bowed, cradling a dog in her lap, rendered with bold gestural mark-making in black and gray against a spare background.
Lithograph of a figure lying prone and reading an open book, head resting on one hand, rendered in loose sketchy lines. German text appears below the image.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing, bust-length portrait of a man in dark clothing at right, set against a loosely sketched urban street scene with multi-story buildings receding into the background, rendered in energetic, expressive mark-making.
Etching depicting a seated nude figure with pointed ears playing a wind instrument at left, labeled "MARSYAS" above the head; a smaller figure at right balances on a tall stack; German text reads "SCHLUSS DES 1TEN JAHRGANG'S"; loose, sketchy linework throughout
Drypoint etching of a figure reclining in a bed or chair in an interior, rendered with loose, energetic cross-hatching; a framed picture or window with foliage visible in the upper right; small landscape vignette with a bare tree sketched at lower margin.
Artist or Maker
Michel Fingesten
Artist or Maker
Eugen Spiro
Artist or Maker
Otto Theodor Wolfgang Stein
Artist or Maker
Ernst Pickardt
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Plünnecke
Artist or Maker
Willy Jaeckel
Title
Marsyas, 6 (Summer 1919) (Deluxe edition)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material with twenty-seven drypoints and four lithographs on Japan and wove paper
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
83.1.1666a-ee
Classification
Periodicals
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.