Der Geile Tod (Lustful Death)

1921

Adolf de Haer

Artist, German, 1892 - 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.4 × 22.4 cm (8 1/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.1 × 41.8 cm (11 7/8 × 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.265

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 31, 2001; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: "Der geile Tod"; below image, at right, in graphite: A. de Haer 21.

Wikidata ID

Q76556490

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