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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 43/44 (15 November 1922)1922

Not on view
Woodcut print cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion,' featuring three angular, geometric figures with bold lettering reading 'KLASSENKAMPF' integrated into the image
Magazine cover printed on cream paper, with bold Gothic lettering reading "Die Aktion" at top. Below, an Expressionist woodcut-style illustration in dark gray depicts three abstracted, angular figures with simplified geometric faces, overlaid with the German text "Klassen Kampf." Publisher information printed at bottom.
Woodcut print published in Die Aktion, depicting a multi-level interior scene with several figures engaged in daily activities, rendered in high-contrast black and white with bold, angular lines typical of Expressionist woodcut technique.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Germany, Cologne, 1894-1933
Artist or Maker
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Artist or Maker
Franz M. Jansen
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 43/44 (15 November 1922)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
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
AC1992.165.43.1-.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.