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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 9/10 (4 März 1922)1922

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Printed cover of the German periodical Die Aktion, featuring a woodcut-style illustration of a hunched figure writing at a desk with ink bottles labeled in French and German
Magazine cover of Die Aktion, printed on aged paper with Gothic blackletter masthead. Central woodcut-style illustration depicts a hunched figure writing with a quill, surrounded by ink jars labeled in German, under the text "La Presse."
Printed page from Die Aktion magazine with two black-and-white woodcut illustrations. Top: a figure in a top hat raises one arm beside a large cannon barrel. Bottom: two skeletal figures in top hats crouch over a hunched human figure. German text captions below each illustration.
Magazine spread with three black and white woodcut-style prints and German text. Top print: a crucified figure flanked by two gesturing figures. Bottom left: chaotic scene of soldiers, aircraft, and crosses. Bottom right: a skeletal or distorted figure amid fallen bodies, with a small inset vignette.
Printed journal page from Die Aktion featuring two black woodcut illustrations. Top image shows a skeletal figure crucified on a cross with soldiers below. Bottom image depicts a chaotic battle scene with fallen figures and crosses amid explosive diagonal lines. German text captions appear below each illustration.
Printed magazine spread with two expressionist woodcut-style illustrations in black ink. Top image: a figure raising arms beneath a large cross. Bottom left: chaotic battle scene with fragmented figures, crosses, and aircraft. Bottom right: a hunched figure in a dark setting. German text captions and columns of body text surround each illustration.
Ink brush drawing of a hunched figure carrying an enormous load on their back, rendered in bold black strokes against a white background. Caption reads "Lastträger (Tuschzeichnung)."
Woodcut print in black ink depicting a hunched figure carrying a heavy load, with bold, angular lines characteristic of German Expressionist woodcut technique.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Belgium, Blankenberghe, also active France, 1889-1972
Artist or Maker
Frans Masereel
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 9/10 (4 März 1922)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1922
Medium
Periodical with seven woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.26.1-.7
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.