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Otto Schubert
Twenty-four lithographs of the war in the west1917

Not on view
Charcoal and watercolor drawing of a flat, windswept landscape with two clusters of dark, leaning trees over pale, horizontal washes suggesting flooded ground
Lithograph depicting a chaotic street battle scene with soldiers in early 20th-century military uniforms fighting among low buildings and rooftops; loose, energetic draftsmanship in gray and black tones, with fallen figures in the foreground and a church spire visible in the hazy background.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a large crowd of figures moving along a road flanked by tall, wind-bent trees, rendered with energetic, gestural mark-making in dense black lines against white paper.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of four figures inside a sparse interior room with rough walls, a window at right, and a crucifix on the left wall. One figure stands at center holding an open book, another sits in a chair, and two figures rest on the floor, rendered in loose expressive linework.
Lithograph depicting a group of heavily laden soldiers moving across a wet, reflective surface at night, silhouetted against a large burst of light in the background, with loose expressive linework and dark tonal contrasts; debris and crosses visible in the foreground.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a desolate landscape with a standing soldier in long coat and helmet carrying two pails, a crouching figure at lower right, and two distant figures amid barbed wire and broken terrain, rendered in loose gestural strokes.
Charcoal drawing of a landscape with a group of figures walking across a debris-strewn foreground, broken wagon wheels and scattered wreckage at right, bare splintered trees silhouetted against a turbulent sky in the background, executed with loose, gestural marks.
Charcoal or graphite landscape drawing with energetic, gestural marks; a cluster of tall, jagged plant stalks rises from a low mound, with scattered debris across the foreground and sweeping diagonal hatching filling the sky.
Mixed-media landscape with three tall, slender tree trunks in the foreground, their branches cropped at top; a cluster of white buildings nestled against green and ochre hills in the middle distance, under a gray-blue clouded sky; loose, sketchy mark-making in muted greens, oranges, and browns.
Lithograph depicting four standing male figures in coats and hats, each carrying bags or bundles, rendered in loose gestural strokes with heavy black shading against a pale background.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing, a column of soldiers marching across an open landscape, passing ruined structures and splintered trees at left, with loose expressive linework and a wide sky above.
Lithograph depicting several figures in military gear lowering a body wrapped in cloth into a grave; a shovel, rifles, and a helmet are visible nearby; loose gestural marks suggest an open, barren landscape under a heavily hatched sky.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a chaotic battlefield scene in black, white, and gray. Figures in military helmets occupy a cratered landscape strewn with debris, broken posts, and barbed wire. A prone figure lies in the foreground; others crouch or move amid the rubble. Loose, gestural linework throughout.
Charcoal drawing of scattered wreckage on open ground, including a broken wagon wheel, fallen timbers, and tangled debris rendered in loose, energetic strokes against a heavily shaded sky.
Charcoal drawing of four cloaked figures standing in a dark, windswept landscape, rendered with vigorous diagonal hatching against a pale horizon.
Lithograph landscape with energetic charcoal-like marks depicting a devastated open terrain; shattered trees and debris in the middle ground, prone figures scattered across the foreground, dark diagonal hatching in a turbulent sky.
Lithograph landscape with a windswept pine tree at left bearing red-orange berries, overlooking broad fields in ochre and orange tones; a stylized swirling sun with a red center dominates the pale sky above distant hills, rendered with loose, expressive mark-making.
Lithograph depicting a battlefield scene in black and grey tones; a soldier runs in the foreground while others scatter across a debris-strewn landscape with shell craters, a leaning charred tree at right, and a chaotic frieze of figures in the upper register.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a close-quarters battle scene, multiple figures in military uniforms clashing with rifles, bayonets, and a shovel atop a mound of fallen soldiers, rendered with loose, gestural strokes; artist's signature at lower right.
Lithograph in black and white depicting four figures in a barren landscape; a helmeted soldier at left walks alongside three others, two of whom support a slumped central figure, with a prone figure visible in the background, rendered in loose, expressive mark-making.
Charcoal landscape drawing of a devastated forest, with broken and leaning bare tree trunks rising across a rubble-strewn hillside, opening to a pale horizon under a heavily shaded sky; energetic, gestural mark-making throughout.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a ruined street scene with several figures carrying objects through rubble, flanked by damaged and collapsed buildings, rendered in loose expressive strokes with heavy black shading.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a devastated landscape with shattered tree stumps and tangled wire rising above a rubble-strewn foreground, rendered in energetic gestural marks with heavy black shading.
Lithograph in black and gray tones depicting a war landscape with two helmeted figures tending to a third prone figure in a shallow trench, surrounded by shattered tree trunks and an open, barren terrain with hatched skies.
Artist or Maker
Otto Schubert
Title
Twenty-four lithographs of the war in the west
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1917
Medium
Twenty-four lithographs on laid paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.63a-x
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.