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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 11/2 (18 März 1922)March, 1922

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Woodcut-illustrated magazine cover with bold Gothic type reading 'Die Aktion,' featuring an expressionistic woodcut of angular, slashing forms surrounding the word 'Aktion'
Magazine cover for 'Die Aktion,' featuring a bold linocut or woodcut illustration in dark gray on tan paper, depicting an abstracted crouching figure with jagged, expressionist lines and the word 'Aktion' incorporated into the composition. German text above and below the image includes publication details and contributor names.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a angular, expressionist figure seated behind vertical bars, with bold contrasting areas of black and white and jagged linework suggesting a confined interior space.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Walter Drechseler
Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Artist or Maker
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 11/2 (18 März 1922)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
March, 1922
Medium
Periodical with two woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.27.1-.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.