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Otto Schoff
Sappho; or, The Lesbians1920

Not on view
Print serving as a title page, with loose sketch of two partially draped figures kissing amid palm fronds, surrounded by German text in cursive and typeset lettering
Drypoint or etching, two figures seated outdoors in a wooded setting, rendered in loose expressive lines; a hatted figure reclines in a chair holding an object, while two elegantly dressed women stand among trees in the background.
Etching or lithograph of three female figures in an outdoor setting with foliage. At left, two standing figures draped in loose fabric; at right, a seated nude wearing a wide-brimmed hat. A fourth smaller figure sketched in the upper right background. Loose, gestural linework throughout.
Etching of two nude figures reclining together on draped fabric, rendered in loose flowing lines; a crucifix on a candlestick stand visible in the background at upper right.
Etching or drypoint print depicting three nude figures in an outdoor setting with foliage; two recline and embrace at left while a third kneels at right, rendered in fine expressive line work. A hatted figure appears lightly sketched in the background.
Intaglio print depicting three nude figures in an outdoor setting surrounded by foliage, rendered in fine expressive line work on white ground.
Etching or engraving of three nude figures intertwined in an outdoor setting, surrounded by dense foliage and flowering vines, rendered in fine delicate lines on white paper.

Otto Schoff, Untitled, 1920, 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
Otto Schoff
Title
Sappho; or, The Lesbians
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1920
Medium
Printed material and seven etchings on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 10 4/16 in. (30.48 x 26.03 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
83.1.804a-g
Classification
Books
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.