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Arthur Segal
Readercirca 1911

Not on view
Expressionist woodcut print in black and white depicting a reclining figure, possibly reading, rendered in bold, slashed white marks against a solid black ground

Arthur Segal, Reader, circa 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
Arthur Segal
Title
Reader
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1911
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 7 13/16 x 11 in. (19.84 x 27.94 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
83.1.1390.92a
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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