Max Unold
Das Kestnerbuch1919

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Woodcut print with bold black lines showing elongated nude figures among dark tree trunks, with jagged, expressionist mark-making throughout

Woodcut print in black and white; two figures stand in the foreground on a diagonal path, one carrying a bundle, with an angular urban skyline of blocky buildings behind them and bold hatched lines suggesting sky and terrain.

Pen or ink drawing with loose, expressive linework depicting four figures around a table; a seated adult with a pipe at left faces two children, while a fourth figure appears in the background at upper right.

Black and white lithograph with bold, gestural linework depicting multiple figures in dynamic poses among angular, fragmented forms suggesting an outdoor rocky setting; figures are partially draped, with energetic Expressionist draftsmanship.

Woodcut print with bold black-and-white contrast, depicting a tight grouping of six heavily stylized figures with rounded, mask-like heads, their bodies intertwined in a compressed composition against a dark ground, with expressive gouge marks visible throughout.

Black and white lithograph with bold, energetic mark-making; a prone male figure in the lower half, head tilted back, is overshadowed by a large dark bird with spread wings above, against a hatched rectangular background.

Charcoal or ink drawing with gestural, expressive linework; two figures in the foreground, one gaunt-faced at left, another wearing glasses at right with a raised hand; smaller figures, a chalice, and cross motifs in the lower and upper background.

Woodcut print in black and white depicting two figures tightly entwined, one adult holding a smaller figure, rendered with bold, expressive gouged lines against a densely hatched dark background. Monogram initials visible at lower left.

Black and white print or ink drawing, close-up bust of a figure rendered in an Expressionist style with bold, jagged lines and heavy black mark-making. The fragmented face dominates the upper half, surrounded by angular forms. Initials "M.B." visible at lower right.

Woodcut print of an urban street scene in high-contrast black and white, with angular, fragmented buildings crowding upward in an Expressionist style, bold gouged lines creating jagged architectural forms.

$Woodcut print in stark black and white, with a fragmented face emerging from intersecting diagonal lines and angular forms, rough-hewn marks creating a dynamic, fractured composition.$

Artist or Maker: Max Unold
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Artist or Maker: Max Burchartz
Artist or Maker: Lyonel Feininger
Artist or Maker: Richard Seewald
Artist or Maker: Conrad Felixmüller
Artist or Maker: Eberhard Viegener
Artist or Maker: Wilhelm Plünnecke
Artist or Maker: Kurt Schwitters
Artist or Maker: Otto Gleichmann
Artist or Maker: Paul Klee
Artist or Maker: Ernst Barlach
Artist or Maker: Erich Heckel
Title: Das Kestnerbuch
Place Made: Germany, Hannover
Date Made: 1919
Medium: Printed material with six woodcuts and six lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions: Sheets: 11 1/16 x 8 3/4 (28.1 x 22.2 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: 83.1.140a-l
Classification: Books
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.

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