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Fritz Voellmy
Light and Shadowcirca 1906

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Vertical print of a dense tree grove in deep black ink, with stark contrast between shadowed foliage and bright light breaking through the canopy

Fritz Voellmy, Light and Shadow, circa 1906, 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
Fritz Voellmy
Title
Light and Shadow
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1906
Medium
Mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 9 3/16 x 6 5/8 in. (23.33 x 16.82 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
83.1.964h
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.

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