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Augusta von Zitzewitz
Die Aktion 8, no. 19/20 (18 Mai) (1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut-illustrated magazine cover printed in black on tan paper, featuring a simplified expressionist portrait of a dark-haired figure with bold typographic masthead reading 'Die Aktion'
Woodcut print on a printed German text page, depicting a simplified black silhouette of a standing figure in a long coat, rendered with bold flat shapes and minimal detail.
Printed journal page from Die Aktion with a bold black woodcut illustration depicting silhouetted trees and a small human figure along a winding path, German text in two columns above, pages numbered 239–240.
Magazine page with dense German text in two columns, overlaid with a loose ink sketch of a reclining or crouching figure in the lower right corner.
Printed journal page in German with a small black ink illustration of a stylized cat face with pointed ears and whiskers, positioned above a two-column block of dense text.
Woodcut print on a magazine page with German text, showing two dark horses standing beneath drooping trees, rendered in bold black silhouette with minimal detail; printed on pages 247–248 of "Die Aktion."
Printed journal page in German, pages 251–252, with two small ink drawings of fish at the bottom margin, rendered in loose outline style
Black and white pen illustration on a printed magazine page, caricature of a hunched figure in profile with exaggerated facial features, set within columns of German Gothic typeface text under the heading "DIE AKTION"
Printed periodical page in German, titled 'Die Aktion,' with two columns of dense black text and a small woodcut illustration of a teacup and saucer near the bottom left.

Augusta von Zitzewitz, Selbstporträt (Titelblatt), circa 1918, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Augusta von Zitzewitz
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 19/20 (18 Mai) (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with nine woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.7.1-.9
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • 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.