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Ernst Moritz Geyger
The giantcirca 1895

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Black and white print showing a colossal winged nude figure inscribing a glowing tablet, above a stone pedestal and crowd of small robed figures, with German text and heading 'DER RIESE / FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE'

Ernst Moritz Geyger, The giant, circa 1895, 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
Ernst Moritz Geyger
Title
The giant
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1895
Medium
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 11 5/8 x 9 in. (29.52 x 22.86 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
83.1.1350i
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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