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Heinrich Campendonk
The tigercirca 1916

Not on view
Woodcut print in black and white showing tangled animals including large spotted creatures, a lizard, and a hare among bold plant forms

Heinrich Campendonk, The tiger, circa 1916, 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
Heinrich Campendonk
Title
The tiger
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1916
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 13/16 x 12 5/8 in. (24.92 x 32.06 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
83.1.1392.21c
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.

  • Engels, Mathias T. Campendonk, Holzschnitte: Wekverzeichnis. Stuttgart: Kolhammer, 1959.
Copyright
© Heinrich Campendonk / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

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