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Collections

Georg A. Mathéy
Die Aktion 9, no. 2/5 (1 Feb.) (1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut-style print, cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion' with expressionistic portrait of Karl Liebknecht, bold blackletter title, and dense German text
Woodcut print of a hunched, grief-stricken figure in dark clothing, rendered in bold black lines with heavy crosshatching against a light background.
Woodcut print on a journal page, a seated or crouching figure rendered in sharply angular, fragmented forms in black and white, with bold expressionist gouges creating jagged negative space throughout the composition.
Woodcut or lithograph printed on a journal page headed 'DIE AKTION,' depicting a nude figure rising upward with one arm raised, surrounded by billowing drapery and radiating light; below, a collapsed figure and a ruined townscape with crosses in the background; caption reads 'Mattes' and 'Aufstieg.'

Georg A. Mathéy, Rüdiger Berlit, Die Aktion 9, no. 2/5 (1 Feb.) (1919), 1919, 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 A. Mathéy
Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 2/5 (1 Feb.) (1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with four woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.11.1-.4
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.