Pietà

1923

Georg Erhlich

Associated Names
Georg Ehrlich

Artist, Austrian, 1897 - 1966

unidentified

Printer

unidentified

Publisher

The image shows two figures in the foreground: one seated and holding the other, who appears lifeless. Both have long hair, with the central figure looking somber and the other figure having closed eyes. They wear simple clothing. In the background, there are hills, water, and two smaller figures in a similar pose. The sky is filled with dark clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.61 × 25.08 cm (13 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 34.93 cm (20 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.141.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2007

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Pietà / Probedruck; lower right in graphite: Ehrlich 23; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 263 / Vollmer(?) / Georg Ehrlich 22-2-1897 Wien - 1966 Luzern ; by later hand in green ink: Ehrlich

Markings

verso, stamp in black ink: RK

Wikidata ID

Q76438980

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