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August Gaul
The hamstercirca 1917

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper of an upright panda bear holding a wheat stalk, surrounded by five lightly sketched small rodents, rendered in stippled dots and fine line work
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Title
The hamster
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1917
Medium
Etching on wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 5 11/16 x 5 3/8 in. (14.45 x 13.65 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
83.1.968d
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.