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Edmund Schaefer
Tales from the Orient : 8 woodcuts by Edmond Schaefercirca 1920

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Woodcut print of two figures walking away from the viewer along a forest path, surrounded by dense black tree trunks and ferns, with bright white light at the center
Black and white woodcut or wood engraving, two figures standing in a narrow shadowed alleyway; a dark-cloaked figure holding a torch faces a veiled woman in white, rendered with dense hatched lines.
Woodblock print of a seascape with dense, energetic carved lines depicting rough ocean waves. A dark-sailed junk navigates turbulent water in the left foreground, a smaller vessel visible in the distance. Rocky shore and palm trees at lower right. High contrast black and white composition.
Black and white woodcut print with dense hatched lines; a figure in dark clothing runs in the foreground of a receding corridor or trench, a wide-brimmed hat fallen nearby; a group of smaller figures stands at the far end in sharp perspective, with dynamic radiating marks throughout.
Woodcut print with stark black and white contrast, depicting several figures carrying a large rectangular box through a narrow urban alleyway at night, rendered with dense hatched line work and dramatic light from above.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting figures on a steeply tilted ship deck in a storm, with diagonal hatched lines suggesting driving rain or wind; a standing figure in the center braces against the elements while two others crouch or fall at lower left and right.
Black and white woodcut print of two figures wearing conical hats walking along a narrow path through dense tropical vegetation, rendered with dense crosshatched lines; foreground figure in deep silhouette, second figure receding into a light-filled background.
Woodblock print of a large seated Buddha figure in dhyana mudra against a dark, star-flecked sky with diagonal line shading; a crowd of small kneeling figures with raised hands fills the foreground below.
Black and white woodcut or ink illustration of a robed figure with arms outstretched, surrounded by sharply angled, fragmented forms rendered in bold parallel hatching lines.
Artist or Maker
Edmund Schaefer
Title
Tales from the Orient : 8 woodcuts by Edmond Schaefer
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
circa 1920
Medium
Ten wood engravings on Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.259a-j
Classification
Prints
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.