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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 5, Nr. 52 (25. Dez. 1915)1915

Not on view
Woodcut print of two donkeys or goats resting with heads lowered and nearly touching, rendered in bold black ink with angular gouge marks and stark black-and-white contrast
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a standing figure in dark clothing holds a small object at chest height, face reduced to angular white planes, surrounded by bold diagonal lines carved into a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a large winged figure descends from above with radiating lines, arms outstretched toward two crouching figures below, rendered in bold, angular gouged lines.
Woodcut print in black and white, two abstracted figures rendered with bold, angular gouged lines against a dark background; a seated cloaked figure occupies the upper half, a smaller crouching figure below, with vertical tree-like forms framing the composition.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Germany, also active United States and Switzerland, 1888-1976
Artist or Maker
Hans Richter
Germany, 1892-1952
Artist or Maker
Christian Schad
Artist or Maker
Karl Jakob Hirsch
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 5, Nr. 52 (25. Dez. 1915)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1915
Medium
Periodical with four woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (31.12 x 23.5 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
83.1.1504a-d
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies