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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ball1911

Not on view
Woodcut print of a crowded two-level dance hall with bold black and white contrasts, angular figures dancing and seated at tables on a balcony above

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Ball, 1911, 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 Ludwig Kirchner
Germany, also active Switzerland 1880-1938
Title
Ball
Date Made
1911
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 x 9 9/16 in. (20.63 x 24.28 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
83.1.1390.69a
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.

  • Dübe, Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter. Das graphische Werk. München : Prestel, 1980.

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