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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 14, Heft 15, no. 24 (end December 1924)1924

Not on view
Woodcut-style print, cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion,' with bold expressionist figures and large hand-lettered German text reworking a Christmas hymn, printed in black on tan paper
Printed magazine cover with bold woodcut-style illustration and Gothic blackletter typography. Large German text reads 'Die Aktion' as masthead, with 'O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit' integrated into the design. Black ink figures depict a rotund figure holding a drink beside a horned creature at upper right, and crouching figures labeled 'Hunger' at lower left, against a cream ground.
Woodcut print of a robed figure striding forward, rendered in bold black lines with heavy contrast and expressive angular forms characteristic of German Expressionist printmaking.
Black and white woodcut print of an angel with large wings, holding a banner reading "PAX," rendered in bold graphic lines with strong contrast.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Rüdiger Berlit, Grete Rühle, Franz Tschinkel, Die Aktion 14, Heft 15, no. 24 (end December 1924), 1924, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Germany, Leipzig, 1883-1939
Artist or Maker
Grete Rühle
Artist or Maker
Franz Tschinkel
Title
Die Aktion 14, Heft 15, no. 24 (end December 1924)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1924
Medium
Periodical with three woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.73.1-.3
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.