Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Jakob ringt mit dem Engel)

Publisher Münchener Neue Secession German
1918–20
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Jakob ringt mit dem Engel)
  • Series/Portfolio: 25 Original Lithographs of the New Munich Secession
  • Artist: Karl Caspar (German, Friedrichshafen 1879–1956 Tegerndorf)
  • Printer: Kunstanstalt Franz Hanfstaengl, München
  • Publisher: Münchener Neue Secession
  • Date: 1918–20
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 20 x 14 1/4 in. (50.8 x 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Anna and Wolfgang Pfeiffenberger, in memory of Professor Otto Pfeiffenberger, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.646.2(4)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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