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Rüdiger Berlit
Die Aktion 9, no. 21/22 (7. Juni) (1919)1919

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Woodcut cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion,' with bold angular portrait of a man's head and typeset German text above and below
Magazine cover with bold Gothic typeface reading 'Die Aktion' at top, German text below, and a woodcut portrait of a man's head in angular, Expressionist style with bold black lines on cream paper.
Woodcut print of a stylized human face in black ink, composed of bold angular and curved lines with high contrast between black and white areas, mounted on a page of German-language text.
Woodcut print of two stylized faces in profile, rendered in bold black and white with geometric angular forms and high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white titled "Badende," depicting abstracted human figures with bold, jagged lines and dynamic expressionist style.
Woodcut print of a reclining or falling figure rendered in bold black and white contrasts, with angular, expressionistic forms suggesting turbulent movement; published in the German journal "Die Aktion."
Woodcut print in black and white depicting abstracted figures among angular tree forms, with bold contrasting areas of black and white typical of Expressionist printmaking technique.
Woodcut print of a tall, narrow vertical composition with angular figures in stark black and white; stylized human forms with bold geometric shapes and cross motifs, suggesting a crowded vertical scene with expressive, heavily carved lines.
Woodcut print in black and white showing angular, geometric abstract forms with sharp diagonal lines and a stylized monogram or symbol at lower left, printed above a two-column block of German text.
Woodcut print in black on cream paper, two abstracted standing figures embracing among angular trees, with bold gouged lines and high contrast in an Expressionist style.
Printed magazine page with bold black woodcut-style lettering forming an abstract typographic composition in the lower right, set against columns of German text on aged paper.
Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 21/22 (7. Juni) (1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with ten woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.13.1-.10
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.