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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 11/12 (23 März 1918)1918

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Woodcut print cover of Die Aktion periodical, featuring bold gothic title lettering above an expressionist woodcut of dark-robed, bearded figures looming over fragmented angular forms
Woodcut print on a journal page beneath the masthead "Die Aktion," depicting a group of seated figures gathered around a table with dramatic radiating lines suggesting light, rendered in high-contrast black with angular Expressionist forms.
Woodcut print of two angular, abstracted standing figures with raised arms, rendered in stark black ink with bold expressionist lines, on a yellowed magazine page with German text columns.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a standing figure with arms raised and outstretched, rendered in bold angular lines with heavy contrast typical of German Expressionist printmaking.
Woodcut print of a skeletal winged figure looming over a group of small human figures, rendered in bold black lines with high contrast. Text reads "DEN·MÜTTERN" at the bottom.
Woodcut print in black ink depicting an angular, abstracted figure amid geometric forms, with bold contrasting areas of black and white and visible grain texture.
Woodcut print on a magazine page, showing two stylized flame-like or plant-like black forms rising dramatically against a white background, with bold, jagged linework.
Woodcut print of a stylized standing figure with angular, mask-like face and geometric body, bold black lines on white ground with rough-cut texture characteristic of Expressionist printmaking.
Printed page with woodcut portrait of a man's head in three-quarter profile, rendered in bold black shapes with angular, simplified forms. German text above and below in letterpress type.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Various Artists
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 11/12 (23 März 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
AC1992.165.4.1-.9
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies