Exchange: W18 Dischler - GERMAN 231

W18 Dischler - GERMAN 231 - Intermediate German

Survey of German art

Albrecht Dürer
Melencolia I
engraving on paper
9 11/16 in x 7 9/16 in (24.61 cm x 19.21 cm);22 ⅛ in x 18 ⅛ in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm)
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Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin as Queen of the Angels
woodcut on paper
11 3/4 x 8 5/16 in. (29.85 x 21.11 cm);11 3/4 x 8 5/16 in. (29.85 x 21.11 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm);12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. (32.54 x 22.54 cm)
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Käthe Kollwitz
'Bauernkrieg' (Peasant War Cycle). Losbruch (Outbreak)
aquatint and etching on paper
22 1/16 in x 28 11/16 in (56.04 cm x 72.87 cm);27 15/16 in x 32 ⅛ in (70.96 cm x 81.6 cm)
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A woman reaches out for a baby in the arms of another figure. The baby leans toward her. Her facial expression indicates happiness.

Käthe Kollwitz
Family
lithograph on paper
8 7/8 in x 12 3/8 in (22.54 cm x 31.43 cm);15 13/16 in x 20 1/16 in (40.16 cm x 50.96 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
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A formal portrait of a man standing in the doorway of his studio.

August Sander
Lackarbeiter
gelatin silver print on paper
8 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in (22.54 cm x 15.56 cm);22 3/16 in x 18 1/8 in (56.36 cm x 46.04 cm);17 5/16 in x 13 7/16 in (43.97 cm x 34.13 cm)
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Max Beckmann
Portrait of Artist's Brother-in-law
lithograph on laid paper
19 5/16 x 15 7/16 in. (49 x 39.2 cm);14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in. (36 x 25 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

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Max Beckmann
The Big Bridge
drypoint on paper
16 ⅞ in x 10 3/16 in (42.86 cm x 25.88 cm);16 ⅞ in x 10 3/16 in (42.86 cm x 25.88 cm);21 1/16 in x 14 15/16 in (53.5 cm x 37.94 cm);22 ⅛ in x 28 ½ in (56.2 cm x 72.39 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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Train tracks curve from bottom center upward through center and off to the left; steaming locomotive pulling three freight cars past three storage sheds located in center of track loop. The background shows 3 mountain peaks, echoed in three clouds overhead. In the foreground, bottom corners are trees or other dense foliage. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style when out in the world.

Ernst Kirchner
Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus)
ink on artist board
7 5/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. ( 19.37 cm x 20.96 cm )
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection

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Emil Nolde
Frisian Landscape
watercolor on Asian paper
13 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in. ( 34.3 cm x 47 cm )
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At the center of the etching are three or four amorphous figures in white and two shades of black, made in crosshatching. The figures are entwined and have animal and bird-like features. The background is crosshatched to the edges of the page. The print is signed (l.r.) "Max Ernst" and numbered (l.l.) "57/70" in pencil.

Max Ernst
Correspondances dangereuses
etching on Vélin Arches paper
11 3/4 in x 18 7/8 in (29.85 cm x 47.94 cm);11 3/4 in x 18 7/8 in (29.85 cm x 47.94 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/16 in (56.2 cm x 45.88 cm)
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George Grosz
Religion of the Sword
ink on paper
25 5/16 in x 19 13/16 in (64.29 cm x 50.32 cm);30 in x 24 3/4 in (76.2 cm x 62.87 cm)
Gift of Helmut Stern

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