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Georg Tappert
Die Aktion 8, no. 41/42 (19 Okt.) (1918)1918

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Print cover of 'Die Aktion' periodical featuring German blackletter masthead and an expressionistic woodcut of a reclining nude figure rendered in thick, gestural black lines
Magazine cover with Gothic-script masthead reading 'Die Aktion' above smaller German text. Center woodcut print in Expressionist style depicts a reclining figure with angular, simplified forms in black and gray on cream paper.
Woodcut print, two bold black-and-white figures with angular, expressionistic carving. Left: a standing figure in uniform with a peaked cap. Right: a seated figure with a round, owl-like face. Heavy contrasting lines and stark negative space typical of German Expressionist woodcut technique.
Woodcut print of a face rendered with bold, expressive hatched lines on cream paper; the oversized head features heavy-lidded eyes, a broad nose, and a wide grin, with energetic crosshatching throughout. German text printed below.

Georg Tappert, Ines Wetzel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Die Aktion 8, no. 41/42 (19 Okt.) (1918), 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
Georg Tappert
Artist or Maker
Ines Wetzel
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 41/42 (19 Okt.) (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with three woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.10.1-.3
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn