Death with Man and Woman from “The Large Dance of Death”

Hans Grohs

1919

  • Titles Death with Man and Woman from "The Large Dance of Death" (Proper)
  • Artist Hans Grohs, German, 1892 - 1981
  • Medium woodcut
  • Dimensions sheet: 24 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. (61.9 x 41.6 cm) image: 19 1/2 × 12 5/16 in. (49.5 × 31.3 cm) mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Frauke Grohs Collinson in memory of Noyes Collinson, 1990.102.7
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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