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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 9/10 (4. März 1916)1916

Not on view
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two nude figures standing together, surrounded by bold diagonal lines and a radiating starburst pattern
Woodcut print, close-up portrait of a face rendered in bold angular forms with stark black-and-white contrast, parallel gouge marks creating texture in hair and shadowed areas, printed text in Latin script at lower margin reads 'Original-Holzschnitt'
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Germany, 1892-1952
Artist or Maker
Karl Jakob Hirsch
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 9/10 (4. März 1916)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1916
Medium
Periodical with two 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
83.1.1509a-b
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies