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Halucinations, from Krüppel

A work made of lithograph in black on tan wove paper.

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on tan wove paper.

Date:

1920

Artist:

Heinrich Hoerle
German, 1895-1936

About this artwork

This image offers another example of Heinrich Hoerle’s use of grotesque distortion to convey the intense psychological wounds that have been inflected on wounded men returning from the front. This second Hallucinations print depicts a man who is missing his arms and legs glaring in open-mouthed horror at planters from which new hands and feet beckon and mock him with their easy growth and utter unavailability.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Heinrich Hoerle

Title

Halucinations, from Krüppel

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1920

Medium

Lithograph in black on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 57.5 × 43 cm (22 11/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 59 × 46 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2011.99.11

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