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Verspottung

Karl Jacob Hirsch · 1923

Karl Jacob Hirsch: German, 1892 - 1952

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Karl Jacob Hirsch

Verspottung

1923

etching and drypoint in black on buff wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
etching and drypoint in black on buff wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.8 x 20 cm (7 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 37.1 x 29 cm (14 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Collection no.
2012.92.282
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By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Verspottung — Karl Jacob Hirsch. 1923.

Medium: etching and drypoint in black on buff wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 19.8 x 20 cm (7 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 37.1 x 29 cm (14 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.92.282. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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