- Ernst Barlach
- Die Peitsche, 1919
- Woodcut
- 5.25 x 5.1875 in
- Inv: 2017.8.92
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In Storage
Title: Die Peitsche (The Whip)
Artist: Ernst Barlach
Publisher: Paul Cassirer
Date: 1919
Medium: Woodcut; ink on paper
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Item description: A grotesque beggar-king, the titular "head," encourages the masses to rise up in rebellion. Ultimately, their violent actions only increase their misery. Illustrated page 18 from Der Kopf (The Head) book printed by Spamersche Buchdruckerei (Spamer Printing Press), Leipzig.
- Subject Matter: Illustration
- Collections: Prints