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Fritz Schaefler
Die Fibel1919

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white contrast, a crouching nude figure enclosed by a sweeping arc, with angular abstract forms in the upper left
Woodcut print in black and white featuring fragmented angular forms suggestive of sailing vessels, with sharp diagonal lines, triangular shapes, and dense cross-hatched textures radiating outward from a central cluster.
Lithograph of a dark-clad male figure leaning forward with one arm outstretched, rendered in expressive loose strokes with strong contrast between deep blacks and stark whites.
Charcoal or lithograph sketch of a standing nude figure, rendered with loose, gestural marks and dense cross-hatching that dissolves the form into surrounding abstract strokes. Monogram initial at lower right.
Woodcut portrait of a man's face in close-up, rendered in stark black and white with bold, angular cuts and Expressionist fragmentation of planes; diagonal lines and geometric forms surround the figure; dated 1919 with handwritten inscription at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Fritz Schaefler
Artist or Maker
Walter Gramatté
Artist or Maker
Georg Birnbacher
Artist or Maker
Lyonel Feininger
Artist or Maker
Walter Ruttmann
Title
Die Fibel
Place Made
Germany, Darmstadt
Date Made
1919
Medium
Three woodcuts and two lithographs on J. W. Zanders laid paper
Dimensions
See individual images.
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.18a-e
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.