Charlie Chaplin
1922 · Woodcut
composition (irreg.): 14 3/4 x 8 1/4" (37.5 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 x 18" (59.8 x 45.7 cm)
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Friedrich Karl Gotsch
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Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Friedrich Karl Gotsch was a German painter and printmaker whose work navigated between modernist abstraction and figuration in the postwar period. Active from the mid-twentieth century onward, he developed a visual language that engaged formal reduction without abandoning figural reference. His practice bridged constructivist and expressionist tendencies, positioning his work at a critical juncture in postwar European modernism.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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