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Erich Büttner
The Young Germany: Fantasies about shows of the years 1917-19181918

Not on view
Lithograph of three figures seated around a small café table with a cup and bottle, rendered in loose charcoal-like hatching against a dark, heavily shaded background.
Lithograph of a slender standing man in a suit, lighting a cigarette, set in a park with a bench and bare trees rendered in soft grey crayon strokes.
Lithograph in dark charcoal tones depicting several figures lying or crouching on a floor in a cluttered interior space, surrounded by chairs, machinery, and circular objects on the walls, rendered with loose, sketchy mark-making.
Lithograph depicting a dimly lit interior scene with multiple figures in dynamic poses, rendered in loose, gestural strokes with strong contrasts of dark shadow and bright highlight at center.
Lithograph in black and white, full-length figure of a young man in a dark jacket standing before a large window with heavy curtains, arms crossed at chest, rendered in loose, gestural chalk strokes with scattered star-like marks in the background.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework depicting two figures: a standing woman in three-quarter view at left, and a seated bearded man in profile at right, gesturing upward toward her, against a sketchy interior background.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing in deep grays and blacks; a seated figure looks up toward a standing figure leaning over them, both lit by light from a tall curtained window at left, with a small potted plant on a table nearby and a chair and door visible at right.
Lithograph with loose, textured mark-making depicting two figures grappling in a dimly lit interior with low vaulted ceiling and beams; strong contrast between dark shadows and a bright light source at center.
Artist or Maker
Erich Büttner
Germany, Berlin, 1889-1936
Artist or Maker
Ernst Stern
Romania, Bucharest, also active England, 1876-1954
Artist or Maker
Rochus Gliese
Germany, 1891-1978
Title
The Young Germany: Fantasies about shows of the years 1917-1918
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Nine lithographs on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 16 11/16 x 11 13/16 in. (42.39 x 30 cm)
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
83.1.101a-i
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.