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Walter O. Grimm
The cafecirca 1919

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black ink on cream paper, showing figures in wide-brimmed hats gathered around a large circular form, with dense cross-hatching and energetic gouge marks throughout

Walter O. Grimm, The cafe, circa 1919, 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
Walter O. Grimm
Title
The cafe
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1919
Medium
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (13.02 x 12.86 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
83.1.1379j
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.

  • 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.

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