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Georg Tappert
The clowncirca 1912

Not on view
Woodcut print of a standing clown in costume and mask, holding a wand, with three rings floating overhead and bold black swirling forms surrounding the figure

Georg Tappert, The clown, circa 1912, 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
Georg Tappert
Title
The clown
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1912
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 7 13/16 in. (27.94 x 19.84 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
83.1.1390.100a
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.

Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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