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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 19/20 (14 Mai 1922)1922

Not on view
Woodcut print on yellowed paper; cover of 'Die Aktion' periodical featuring bold blackletter masthead above a crowd of angular, top-hatted figures in expressionist style
Woodcut print on magazine cover of 'Die Aktion,' showing a crowd of stylized figures in top hats rendered in bold black lines with angular, fragmented forms characteristic of German Expressionism.
Woodcut print in black and white; a tall robed figure with a halo or radiant crown stands centrally, surrounded by crouching or fallen figures below and architectural forms in the background, with bold contrasting lines typical of 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
Artist or Maker
Franz M. Jansen
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 12, Nr. 19/20 (14 Mai 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
AC1992.165.31.1-.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.