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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 37/38 (16. Sept. 1916)1916

Not on view
Vertical woodcut print in black ink showing two standing figures with crossed arms amid dense angular foliage, rendered with bold outlines and rough hatch marks
Woodblock print in black and white, a semi-clothed figure standing at center surrounded by dense hatched foliage and radiating lines, rendered with bold angular cuts and high contrast.
Woodblock print in black and white of a standing nude figure surrounded by dense, energetic hatched lines suggesting foliage or flames, with organic curling forms and rounded shapes in the lower foreground.

Georg Tappert, Two standing female nudes with cloth, 1916, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Georg Tappert
Germany, Berlin, 1880-1957
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 37/38 (16. Sept. 1916)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1916
Medium
Periodical with three 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
83.1.1522a-c
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York