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Alfred Kubin
Christmastide1925

Not on view
Ink drawing on white paper, group of figures on a raised terrace using a telescope to survey a wide landscape, loose energetic linework with cross-hatching
Black and white ink drawing of a nighttime landscape with two figures on a rocky hillside, one kneeling and one reclining with an animal nearby. A crescent moon, stars, and bats fill the sky above a distant domed structure on a hilltop, rendered in dense crosshatching.
Pen and ink drawing of a crowded outdoor scene with multiple figures gathered around a large cauldron emitting rising smoke; figures at left recline beneath a tree while others stand and gesture; food and vessels arranged in the foreground; a large insect sketched in the upper right; dense cross-hatched linework throughout.
Pen and ink drawing with dense crosshatching, depicting a grotesque scene across an open landscape. In the foreground, two reclining figures sprawl atop a decorated chest with carved hearts; nearby, crouching figures and waterfowl cluster around scattered objects. A standing figure plays an instrument in the middle ground, while winged creatures and large dragonflies fill a cloudy sky above a flat horizon. Cursive signature at lower right.
Pen and ink drawing with dense cross-hatching depicting a fantastical scene: a large horned goat-like figure in robes dominates the center, flanked by barrel-shaped structures and hunched figures at left. Scattered rats fill the foreground ground. A winged figure blowing a trumpet flies upper right, while a chaotic battle scene with small figures, smoke, and burning structures recedes into the background landscape.
Pen and ink drawing of a village landscape with a river, low buildings, and a bare gnarled tree at left; above, three robed figures float through the air, one carrying an open parasol, rendered in energetic, scratchy linework.
Pen and ink drawing of a rural landscape with a church and large house on a hill in the background. In the foreground, a robed figure holding an infant sits atop a low-roofed structure, beneath which a kneeling figure reaches upward. Flying birds appear upper left; small figures occupy the middle and far right. Dense cross-hatching throughout.
Pen and ink drawing of a chaotic graveyard scene with flying figures and fantastical creatures swooping over tombstones and a stone church with a tall steeple; energetic crosshatched linework throughout.
Pen and ink drawing of a marshy waterscape with a wooden stilt structure at left, a figure crouching among reeds in the foreground, and large fish breaching the water's surface at center-right, birds in flight above a distant shoreline, rendered in dense, energetic crosshatching.
Black and white print with energetic pen-like linework depicting a figure wading through shallow water near a weathered wooden boat and reeds, while oversized fish fly through the air above; a second figure with a fishing rod appears in the background at left.
Pen and ink drawing of two figures seated on a weathered wooden dock or jetty, one wearing a cap and the other a turban, conversing beside a lamp post, with a broad waterway, distant shoreline, and trees rendered in energetic hatched linework.
Pen and ink drawing of two large frogs near a wooden watermill wheel, with expressive crosshatching; a village landscape with buildings and water visible in the background.
Artist or Maker
Alfred Kubin
Title
Christmastide
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1925
Medium
Thirteen lithographs on heavy wove paper
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
83.1.29a-m
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.

  • Raabe, Paul, ed. Alfred Kubin: Leben, Werk, Wirkung. Im Auftrage von Kurt Otte, Kubin-Archiv in Hamburg, zusammengestellt. Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1957
  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.