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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 4, Nr. 23 (1914)1914

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Print cover of 'Die Aktion,' a German periodical, with blackletter title, dense typeset text, and a woodcut illustration of galloping horse-drawn carriages
Woodcut print on yellowed book page, angular fragmented village scene with dark rooftops and jagged diagonal lines suggesting trees and structures, bold black-and-white contrast with rough gouge marks visible throughout
Woodcut print of an angular urban scene with fragmented buildings and figures rendered in bold black lines with jagged, expressionistic mark-making, printed on a magazine page.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting an angular urban street scene with tilted buildings, bold carved lines, and dramatic contrast between dense black areas and white negative space; text at lower right reads "Richter-Berlin: Holzschnitt"

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Heinrich Richter-Berlin, Die Aktion Jg. 4, Nr. 23 (1914), 1914, 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
Heinrich Richter-Berlin
Germany, Berlin 1884-1981
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 4, Nr. 23 (1914)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1914
Medium
Periodical with one woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (31.12 x 23.45 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
83.1.1488
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies