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Richard Seewald
Ten woodcuts1913

Not on view
Woodcut print of a city street scene with tall buildings and a dense crowd, a banner reading 'FREIHEIT' raised among the figures, bold black lines on cream paper
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a beach scene with multiple figures in swimwear lounging, swimming, and standing on sandy shores, with a flagpole, beach structures, and a treeline in the background rendered in bold, flat graphic style.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a circus scene with an acrobat on a platform at left, a contortionist on a mat at center, musicians at right, gymnastic rings suspended overhead, a small dog in the foreground, and foliage framing the composition; bold, flat graphic style with high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a lively outdoor fair or carnival scene, with a central figure raising both arms above a crowded market stall, surrounded by striped awnings, a Ferris wheel, caged structure, and groups of figures, rendered in bold, roughly cut lines with high contrast.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting an industrial rail yard landscape, with a steam locomotive emitting billowing smoke at center, converging railroad tracks in the foreground, utility poles, factory buildings with smokestacks, and a bridge in the background, rendered with bold, angular cuts.
Woodblock print of an urban street scene in black and white, viewed from above at an angle; multi-story building facades at upper left, bare tree branches at right, small figures and a horse-drawn vehicle along a diagonal street.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a harbor landscape with a moored sailboat at center, several small figures along the shoreline, rocky hills in the background, and bare tree branches framing the upper right, rendered with bold, simplified lines.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a standing figure guiding a horse-drawn plow, with angular diagonal lines and bold high-contrast forms suggesting motion across a field.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a dense forest scene with multiple animals, including cattle, a long-horned antelope, and smaller creatures among stylized trees with hatched foliage and fern-like plants in the foreground.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a coastal landscape with a bay, small sailboats, and a low-lying town at left; grazing animals and fan-shaped plants in the foreground; a radiating sun and mountain at upper right; cross-shaped stars in a dark sky.
Woodcut print in black and white; three stylized figures in top hats and period dress in animated, dancing poses; German blackletter text above and below the composition.
Artist or Maker
Richard Seewald
Germany, also active Italy and Switzerland 1889-1976
Publisher
Heinrich F.S. Bachmair Verlag
Germany, Munich, 1911-1914
Title
Ten woodcuts
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1913
Medium
Eleven woodcuts on thin Japan paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.287a-k
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.

  • Jentsch, Ralph. Richard Seewald: das graphische Werk. Esslingen: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1973.