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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 51/52 (23. Dez. 1916)1916

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black lines on cream paper depicting multiple angular human figures crowded together, with white stars cut into a dark sky above
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a village landscape with angular rooftops, a pointed steeple, and a standing figure at center, rendered with bold hatched lines and strong contrast; monogram initials visible at lower left.
Black and white woodcut or linocut print; a seated figure in profile wearing a hat and coat faces a small tree or plant on a low table, against a dark background with diagonal white slash marks suggesting wind or snow.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a small church with a pointed steeple at left, beside a tall bare tree with gestural striated branches at right, rendered in bold high-contrast shapes.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Various Artists
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 6, Nr. 51/52 (23. Dez. 1916)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1916
Medium
Periodical with four woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (31.11 x 23.49 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
83.1.1527a-d
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies