Barron S. et al. German expressionist prints and drawings. Vol. 2. Catalogue of the Collection by Bruce Davis. The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , 1989. — 868 p.Catalogue of the Collection by Bruce Davis.Volume 1 — Essays by Stephanie Barron, Wolf-Dieter Dube, Alexander Diickers, Peter Guenther, Rose-Carol Washton Long, Paul Raabe, Robert Gore Rifkind, and Ida Katherine Rigby.The purpose of this catalogue is to describe and illustrate all of the original prints and drawings in the Rifkind Study Center. There are, however, some exceptions, particularly in the area of illustrated books and periodicals. In general only full-page illustrations have been described in detail and illustrated; vignettes, marginalia, initials, and other minor printed matter have not been individually catalogued. Furthermore books illustrated by the prolific Frans Masereel have been described only summarily because full descriptions would have distorted his importance within both the collection and twentieth-century graphic art.In many ways this catalogue is only a provisional one. Additional scholarly research will bring forth information that will correct and expand upon what is provided here. Visitors to the center may uncover works not included in this volume or may find that some works catalogued are reproductions rather than original prints. Because descriptions of illustrations in books and periodicals of the era are often inconsistent, the author decided to err on the side of inclusiveness by cataloguing all works that appear to be original, whether or not they are described as such.