He Sat Rigid in His Place (Book XII: A Judicial Error, facing p.528)
Fritz Eichenberg
1949
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lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 21.4 × 16.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 30.5 × 20.8 cm (12 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.17.74
About the Artist
Fritz Eichenberg
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990), born in Cologne, Germany, to a Jewish family, endured the harrowing bombings of World War I as a child, experiences that ignited his lifelong commitment to anti-war themes and social satire. After apprenticing as a printer and studying at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne, he honed his craft at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig under the mentorship ...