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Collections

Various German Artists
Die Aktion 8, no. 17/18 (4 Mai) (1918)1918

Not on view
Periodical cover printed in black ink on cream paper, with bold Gothic title type, a woodcut-style portrait of a bearded man, and German text announcing a special issue
Woodcut print on cream paper, five dark robed figures with upturned faces gesturing upward toward sweeping abstract forms above; chaotic landscape with small structures visible below, printed in black with bold expressionist lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print still life of a large pitcher and two small pots with leafy plants on a round tray, rendered in bold black silhouette with minimal detail. German text above and below the image.

Various German Artists, Augusta von Zitzewitz, Otto Freundlich, Die Aktion 8, no. 17/18 (4 Mai) (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
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
Augusta von Zitzewitz
Artist or Maker
Otto Freundlich
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 17/18 (4 Mai) (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with one linocut and one woodcut on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.6.1-.2
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.