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Julius Kaufmann
Die Aktion 8, no. 39/40 (5. Okt.) (1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut cover of 'Die Aktion,' a German periodical, featuring bold blackletter typography and an angular, abstracted woodcut portrait of a face with radiating lines
Woodcut print at the bottom of a German-language journal page, showing silhouetted figures with a horse-drawn cart in a rural scene, bold black-and-white contrasts with expressive carved lines; journal masthead reads "DIE AKTION," dated 5. Oktober 1918.
Charcoal or graphite figure study of a nude male figure standing in contrapposto, rendered with loose, gestural strokes against a lightly sketched background.
Woodcut print of a young woman's face and upper body, rendered in bold black lines with strong contrasts, geometric angular style typical of German Expressionism.
Woodcut print of a standing nude figure with arms raised, surrounded by dark swirling forms suggesting foliage or flames, bold black and white contrasts with expressive carved lines.
Woodcut print of a standing figure in black and white, rendered with bold angular lines and stark contrasts typical of Expressionist printmaking.
Woodcut print on cream paper, stylized bust of a figure with long dark hair and simplified facial features, small star on the chest, set against a crosshatched background, bold black and white contrast with rounded forms at lower corners.
Black and white print of a woodcut portrait, bust-length figure with angular, expressionist features and bold contrasting lines, rendered in a rough-hewn graphic style with caption "F. W. Seiwert: Holzschnitt" below.
Page from a German-language publication titled 'Die Aktion,' numbered 511–512, with dense columns of Gothic typeface text and a small ink illustration of a crouching or leaping animal figure, possibly a fox or hare, in the lower left column.
Woodcut print of tall grasses or reeds with broad leaves, rendered in black ink with bold, expressive lines against a white background.
Woodcut print on yellowed paper depicting several human figures in agitated poses amid an urban setting, with angular building facades and bare tree branches rendered in bold black-and-white contrasts and jagged expressive lines. German text printed below the image.

Julius Kaufmann, Bruno Beye, Ines Wetzel, Erich Godal, Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Arthur Goetz, Wilhelm Schuler, Wladislav Skotarek, Walter O. Grimm, Josef Čapek, Die Aktion 8, no. 39/40 (5. 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
Julius Kaufmann
Germany, Altkirch, born 1885
Artist or Maker
Bruno Beye
Artist or Maker
Ines Wetzel
Germany, Berlin, 1878-1940
Artist or Maker
Erich Godal
Germany, also active United States, 1899-1969
Artist or Maker
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Artist or Maker
Arthur Goetz
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Schuler
Artist or Maker
Wladislav Skotarek
Artist or Maker
Walter O. Grimm
Artist or Maker
Josef Čapek
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 39/40 (5. Okt.) (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with eleven woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.9.1-.11
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.