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Richard Janthur
Pantschatantra: Fables from the Indian life of love1919

Not on view
Ink and wash drawing on white paper, three intertwined figures rendered in bold gestural strokes, two entwined near the bottom and one with raised hands above
Ink drawing with gray wash, two nude figures with large wings in a dynamic composition; a seated figure faces forward while a second figure rises behind, with a small animal and cloud forms below, executed in bold gestural brushwork with striped shading.
Black ink drawing with gray wash, two nude figures and a clothed male figure in dynamic, agitated composition, rendered with energetic expressive linework and bold gestural strokes.
Ink drawing of three intertwined nude and partially draped figures in dynamic, contorted poses, rendered with bold expressive brushwork in black and gray wash; a circular emblem with serpentine forms appears at lower left.
Ink drawing with bold, gestural brushwork depicting multiple nude figures intertwined in a compressed composition, with additional schematic faces and forms in the background; monochrome black ink on white paper with visible wash shading.
Black ink drawing of two nude figures in dynamic poses, grasping each other amid bold, expressive brushwork; a circular sun form and stylized foliage fill the background.
Ink drawing with bold, gestural lines depicting two nude figures intertwined in dynamic movement above a third crouching figure, rendered in black ink with gray wash on white paper.
Ink drawing of multiple nude figures in dynamic, intertwined poses, rendered with bold expressive brushwork and gestural black lines on white paper. A standing figure raises a clenched fist above two crouching figures at lower left, with swirling marks in the background.
Black ink drawing with energetic, expressive linework depicting two nude figures in the foreground — one seated, one standing — alongside a clothed figure. A tall curved form dominates the center, with a distant standing figure and angular buildings sketched in the background. Monogram initials at lower left.
Ink drawing with bold, expressive lines; a nude seated figure holds ropes or fabric above, while a second crouching figure leans against them below, rendered in angular, gestural strokes with heavy black ink on white ground.
Artist or Maker
Richard Janthur
Germany, Zerbst, 1883-1956
Title
Pantschatantra: Fables from the Indian life of love
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material with ten color lithographs and twenty-three lithographs 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
83.1.805a-gg
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.