Painting
Object number2019.028.0004
Mediumwood, cardboard
DimensionsOther: 11.5 × 14.25 in. (29.2 × 36.2 cm)
OriginCzechoslovakia or Republic
DescriptionA framed painting of a women who is nude, save the clothing she is pushing off her shoulders and the trousers visible on one knee. She seems to have a very long neck and is bending it at an odd angle, almost as if her head is not really attached.
The ESLK by the signature stands for ENTARTETE SCHLESIEN LERACH KUNST or ENTARTETE KUNST, which was a term used by the Nazis in reference to most modern art. Works of art that belonged in this group were banned as "Judeo-Bolshevik", or non-German, in nature and perverse. The artists of these works were prohibited from further creative activity.On View
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