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An image of The world to come by Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack

Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack

(Germany, Australia 11 Jul 1893–07 Jan 1965)

Title
The world to come
Year
1940
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
pencil, watercolour on ivory wove paper, varnish
Dimensions

17.7 x 24.8cm image/sheet; 28.9 x 39.0cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., brown watercolour "MACK 40".
Credit
Gift of Olive Hirschfeld, the artist's widow 1970
Accession number
WA1.1970
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Sydney, 1994.

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Two masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, Domain, 1974.

Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 167 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (6)

Two masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Jul 1974–19 Aug 1974.

Two masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 29 Aug 1974–06 Oct 1974.

The edge of the world, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Jul 1985–25 Aug 1985.

Modernism 1900-1950 - Prints and Drawings from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Jul 1994–25 Sep 1994.

Bauhaus and Expressionism: German prints and drawings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New England Regional Art Museum, 04 Mar 2005–15 May 2005.

Modern Times, State Library of Queensland, 31 Jul 2009–08 Nov 2009.