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Help the Disabled, 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

Here psychological turmoil is depicted as physical material—a contorted figure, head tucked down between hunched shoulders, is enveloped by swathes of dark matter resembling a bomb-scarred battlefield. His body emerges as a seedlike outgrowth in a furrowed landscape. Much like the sprouting plant in the upper left, this man endures an excruciating survival and regeneration. The text in the upper-left corner asks us to “Help the Cripple,” to reach out to him, pull him out of this all-encompassing darkness, and help him return to society.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Heinrich Hoerle

Title

Help the Disabled, from Krüppel

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1920

Medium

Lithograph in black on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 56 × 43.7 cm (22 1/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Sheet: 59 × 46 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2011.99.2

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