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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'

Karl Jakob Hirsch, Untitled, circa 1915, 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
Karl Jakob Hirsch
Germany, 1892-1952
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
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn