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Albert Krüger
Böcklin's self-portrait with Deathcirca 1899

Not on view
Wood engraving or woodcut print, chest-up portrait of a bearded man holding a paintbrush and palette while a human skeleton plays a violin over his shoulder

Albert Krüger, Arnold Böcklin, Böcklin's self-portrait with Death, circa 1899, 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
Albert Krüger
Germany, 1858-1910
After
Arnold Böcklin
Switzerland, Basel, 1827-1901
Title
Böcklin's self-portrait with Death
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1899
Medium
Chiaroscuro wood engraving printed in black and blue on wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 5 3/16 x 4 1/4 in. (13.17 x 10.79 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
83.1.1357f
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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