The Last Hour (Des Shindengles) from “The Elli Dance of Death”

Hans Grohs

1924

  • Titles The Last Hour (Des Shindengles) from "The Elli Dance of Death" (Proper)
  • Artist Hans Grohs, German, 1892 - 1981
  • Medium woodcut
  • Dimensions sheet: 21 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (53.7 × 73.3 cm) image: 15 1/8 × 22 3/4 in. (38.4 × 57.8 cm) mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Frauke Grohs Collinson in memory of Noyes Collinson, 1990.101.3
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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