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Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Labor/Breadcirca 1922

Not on view
Periodical cover with woodcut-style illustration in dark gray on tan paper, showing a crowd of angular, Expressionist figures beneath the words 'ARBEIT BROT,' with bold hand-lettered title 'Die Aktion' above

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Labor/Bread, circa 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Germany, Cologne, 1894-1933
Title
Labor/Bread
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1922
Medium
Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/8 x 5 9/16 in. (15.5 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Gift of Robert Gore Rifkind
Accession Number
AC1992.165.46.1
Classification
Prints
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.