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Josef Čapek
Nightcirca 1918

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Woodcut or linocut print in black and white depicting a heart shape with a stylized face, surrounded by sweeping lines, wavy bands, and hatch marks

Josef Čapek, Night, circa 1918, 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
Josef Čapek
Title
Night
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1918
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (13.49 x 9.84 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
83.1.1653c
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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