Death with Mother and Child from “The Large Dance of Death”

Hans Grohs

1919

  • Titles Death with Mother and Child from "The Large Dance of Death" (Proper)
  • Artist Hans Grohs, German, 1892 - 1981
  • Medium woodcut
  • Dimensions sheet: 23 × 17 9/16 in. (58.4 × 44.6 cm) image: 20 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (51.1 × 35.2 cm) mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Frauke Grohs Collinson in memory of Noyes Collinson, 1990.102.2
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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