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Thea Spangenberg
Calendar 1922circa 1921

Not on view
Black and white relief print with allover repeating pattern of overlapping arches, each containing white silhouetted deer and stylized plants against a dense black ground
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, showing two pages of hand-lettered German text in Gothic blackletter script, with a decorative woodcut initial capital on the left page.
Gelatin silver print of a printed title page reading "Kalender 1922" in bold blackletter type, with handwritten German script annotations in pencil above and below.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages with Gothic blackletter type, labeled November and December, each displaying a grid of dates with decorative floral rosette symbols marking Sundays.
Gelatin silver photograph of an open book, blank verso page at left, title page at right bearing three lines of German text in blackletter typeface.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar grids for November and December, with blackletter Gothic lettering for month names and day abbreviations, numerals and small floral rosette ornaments filling the cells.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, showing large black Gothic (Fraktur) script text in German across both pages, with a small woodcut initial letter at upper left of the left page.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread, with German text in blackletter typeface on both pages; left page features a decorative woodcut initial letter in a dark square block.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, showing two pages with large blackletter German text and a woodcut decorative initial on the left page.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread, with German text printed in bold blackletter type across both pages; left page features a decorative woodcut initial letter.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread, with German text in black Gothic blackletter script on white pages, larger decorative initial letters beginning each page.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, blank left page, right page bearing four lines of bold black Fraktur script on white.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, with bold blackletter (Fraktur) script text in German printed on both white pages against a light gray background.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two early printed calendar pages for January and February, with Gothic blackletter headings and grid layouts of dates in white numerals on dark grounds.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages for January and February, with blackletter headings and Gothic numerals arranged in grid tables, black on white
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, showing two blocks of German text in Gothic blackletter type; left page features a decorated woodcut initial capital letter.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, displaying large blackletter (Gothic) type in German across both pages, with a decorative woodcut initial capital on the left page.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages with black backgrounds and white Gothic lettering, each displaying a grid of dates with decorative symbols marking certain days.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages for March and April, with Gothic blackletter headings and grid layouts of numerals in white on black grounds.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, showing two pages with German text in bold blackletter typeface; left page features a decorative woodcut initial capital.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, each page bearing bold blackletter German text with a decorative woodcut initial capital on the left page.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two woodblock-printed calendar pages with Gothic blackletter type, labeled "Mai" and "Juni," each displaying a grid of dates in white numerals on black grounds.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages for Mai and Juni, with black grid tables displaying dates in Gothic blackletter type on white pages.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread, showing bold blackletter German text on both pages, with a decorative woodcut initial capital letter at upper left.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, displaying bold black Fraktur-script text in German on both pages, with a small decorative woodcut initial at upper left of the left page.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two early printed calendar pages for Juli and August, with Gothic blackletter type, bold black grids, and decorative floral symbols marking certain dates.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread showing two printed calendar pages for Juli and August, with Gothic blackletter headings and grid layouts of numerals and decorative floral symbols.
Black and white photograph of an open book spread with large Gothic blackletter type in German, left page featuring a decorative woodcut initial capital.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, displaying blackletter Gothic text in German on both pages, with a decorative woodcut initial capital on the left page.
Black and white print of an open book spread showing two monthly calendar pages in Gothic blackletter script, labeled "September" and "Oktober," with grid layouts of dates and decorative diamond symbols marking Sundays.
Black and white print of an open book spread showing two monthly calendar grids labeled "September" and "Oktober" in Gothic blackletter type, with numbered dates and decorative diamond motifs in woodcut or linocut style.
Gelatin silver print of an open book spread, each page bearing a short verse in bold black Fraktur typeface; left page opens with a decorative woodcut initial.
Artist or Maker
Thea Spangenberg
Title
Calendar 1922
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Printed material and thirty-two woodcuts on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 3/4 x 12 13/16 in. (19.68 x 32.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.564a-ff
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.