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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 15, Heft 1, no. 1 (15 January 1925)1925

Not on view
Woodcut cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion,' with bold blackletter masthead and Expressionist illustration of three figures holding a banner
Printed magazine cover with bold blackletter masthead reading 'Die Aktion.' Below, a woodcut-style illustration in dark ink on yellow paper shows a central standing figure holding a banner, flanked by two caricatured figures wearing caps labeled 'KPD' and 'SPD.' Dense columns of German text appear between the masthead and illustration.
Woodcut print on a magazine page spread, depicting a grotesque caricature of a man's face with exaggerated features, surrounded by bold German text reading 'DIE SCHWERVERLETZEN' and 'DER SPD' along the left and bottom edges, with 'PROSIT NEUJAHR WÜNSCHEN' along the right; black ink on cream paper with rough, expressive carving marks.
Woodcut-style print on a magazine page, three figures in black silhouette: a uniformed officer at left, a large central figure in a suit flanked by German text reading 'Der Bonze,' 'gegen Prolet,' and 'für Kapital,' and a smaller figure at right holding a hat.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Rüdiger Berlit, Franz M. Jansen, Die Aktion 15, Heft 1, no. 1 (15 January 1925), 1925, 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
Franz M. Jansen
Title
Die Aktion 15, Heft 1, no. 1 (15 January 1925)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1925
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
AC1992.165.74.1-.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.