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Paul Scheurich
The royal orgy1919

Not on view
Lithograph in black ink depicting an interior scene with two figures near tall columns, a round-backed chair to the left, and a wall-mounted candelabra above
Black and white lithograph or engraving, vignette composition with darkened edges, depicting a lively indoor scene with multiple figures around a table; a central figure stands with arms outstretched while others gesture and react, rendered in loose, expressive cross-hatched linework.
Black and white illustration with loose, sketchy ink work; three figures in 18th-century dress and powdered wigs standing close together, surrounded by dense dark shading, with small figures visible in the shadowed background below.
Black and white print or drawing, two figures in 18th-century dress seated together on a settee, rendered in loose stippled and hatched technique with soft vignette edges.
Black and white engraving or print, oval vignette composition depicting three figures in 18th-century dress gathered in an interior, with loose, sketchy linework and a small side table with objects at left.
Black and white chalk or lithograph sketch of a reclining draped figure surrounded by several smaller figures, rendered with loose, gestural marks on white ground.
Black and white print serving as a title page vignette; pen-and-ink headpiece shows two reclining figures amid foliage under a crescent moon and stars, with German text below reading "Die Kleinen Gemächer und der Hirschgarten"
Black and white ink drawing of a stag reclining on rocky ground, head raised with large antlers, surrounded by dense foliage rendered in stippling and fine hatching.
Artist or Maker
Paul Scheurich
Title
The royal orgy
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material and nine 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
83.1.809a-i
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.