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Conrad Felixmüller
ABC: A nonsense alphabet in pictures with verses by Londa and Conrad Felixmüller1925

Not on view
Lithograph book cover in orange and cobalt blue; large letters A, B, C overlaid with four expressive, stylized faces and German text, dated 1925
Hand-colored woodcut in bold black outlines with blue, green, and pink tones. An adult wearing glasses bends over a wooden block, carving, while two children lean in to watch. A cat sits on a chair at right. A night scene with a crescent moon is visible through a window at upper left. German text in large block lettering fills the upper right.
Color woodcut of a large black bird with a yellow beak perched on a flowering branch, with a house and radiating sun in the background; German text in decorative lettering at upper right and lower left.
Color woodcut print of two clowns in acrobatic poses on a tightrope, their bodies inverted and intertwined. One wears a multicolored diamond harlequin costume, the other a polka-dotted suit in rainbow hues. Both have white theatrical face makeup with spiked ruffs. Bold black outlines with flat hand-colored fills. German text in black lettering along the bottom border.
Color woodcut print depicting a large black elephant with yellow tusks and raised trunk dominating the composition, beside a small figure in a blue coat operating a camera with pink bellows. A domed pavilion and tropical plants appear at right. German text in decorative lettering fills the lower portion of the print.
Color woodcut print with German text along top and bottom borders. A leaping hare in brown and black dominates an oval vignette at center-left against a cream background. Blue bellflowers and green grasses fill the foreground; a large moon rises at upper right. Bold black outlines with hand-applied color.
Hand-colored woodcut print with bold black outlines and flat areas of color. A figure in a feathered headdress and fringed costume holds a circular object and extends feathers toward a uniformed figure carrying a blue satchel labeled "Muzik." A tent and smaller figure appear at left; decorative spirals and zigzag patterns fill the background. German text runs across the top.
Color woodcut print with German text. A child in a checkered shirt cuts paper with scissors in the foreground, while a striped orange cat sits on a windowsill overlooking colorful houses. Bold hand-lettered German text reads "Die Katze sieht zum Fenster raus und Luca schneidet Bilder aus."
Color woodcut with bold black forms on cream ground, depicting a dynamic figure adorned with gold bangles, a beaded necklace, and a patterned skirt, surrounded by stylized green serpents and exotic birds. German text in green and red lettering runs along the lower portion.
Color woodcut print with bold black outlines; a large turkey at left and an upright hare at center crouch among yellow-green grass, a tulip, and decorated Easter eggs in the foreground; German text in block lettering fills the right side against a black background.
Color woodcut print with bold black outlines; an oversized giant in a blue jacket and large brown boots looms over tiny figures and colorful buildings against an orange sky, eating bread; German text reads "Gesund bleibt man bei Brot und Quark" above and "drum ist der Riese gross und stark" below.
Color woodcut print with a child in a heavy fur coat and blue mittens pulling a red wooden sled through snow, a snowman and snow-covered fir trees in the background, with bold German text in black and red lettering filling the left side of the composition.
Color woodcut with bold black outlines; a caricatured man in glasses winds a hanging wall clock at upper right while a small child looks up from beside a rainbow-colored numbered column at left; German text in a diagonal banner reads 'Die Uhr zeiet dir der Stunden Lauf / Der Vater zieht sie täglich auf'
Hand-colored woodcut print with bold black outlines and flat areas of green, blue, and brown. A bearded figure in a cap bends toward a small child in a green coat, carrying an oversized sack with a small devil-like figure on it. A decorated Christmas tree stands between them. German text in block letters fills the upper left and lower border.
Color woodcut print with bold black outlines and hand-applied color. A large dark yak with curved horns dominates the upper center against a radiating sun. Two reclining figures in the foreground work near a thatched dome structure at right, with green cactus plants at lower left. German text in decorative lettering fills the left side.
Color woodcut print depicting a figure in profile wearing glasses and a blue striped shirt, holding open a book while a large yellow speech bubble with German text in bold black lettering billows upward against a dark background.
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Germany, 1897-1977
Publisher
F. Emil Boden
Dresden, Germany
Printer
Zielinski
Title
ABC: A nonsense alphabet in pictures with verses by Londa and Conrad Felixmüller
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1925
Medium
Printed material and sixteen woodcuts with hand coloring
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
83.1.656a-p
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Söhn, Gerhart. Conrad Felixmuller: das graphische Werk, 1912-1977. Hrsg. Gerhart Söhn; mit einer Einführung von Friedrich W. Heckmans. Düsseldorf: Graphik-Salon Gerhart Söhn, 1987.

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.