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Ludwig Meidner
September cry1920

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Ink drawing on white paper of an angular, expressionistic cityscape with tall buildings lining a steep central passage, turbulent sky with balloon shapes above, and bold hatched lines throughout
Black and white print with expressive, energetic linework depicting a skeletal hand gripping a scythe rising over a cityscape with church spires, while a large distorted figure or beast sprawls in the foreground beneath billowing storm clouds.
Pen and ink drawing with bold, expressive linework: an oversized reclining figure in the foreground, face upturned, with a townscape of church domes and buildings receding into a cloudy sky above. Dated 1918 with a cursive signature at lower right.
Black and white ink drawing with expressive, agitated linework depicting a grotesque figure emerging from swirling forms in an urban cityscape, with a Gothic spire and multi-story buildings in the background; a smaller figure stands at lower right.
Black and white woodcut or ink illustration of a bearded, robed elderly man leaning against a tall tree trunk, billowing clouds behind him, with a hilly townscape in the background; bold hatched linework throughout.
Black and white ink drawing of a grotesque, large-bodied fantastical figure with a grimacing face, dominating a landscape with buildings and billowing clouds, executed in bold expressive linework with a signature and date at lower left.
Black and white print with bold, energetic linework depicting a large contorted figure tumbling or struggling amid swirling clouds, with a radiant sun in the upper left. A second smaller figure lies in the foreground. German script inscription and signature below.
Ink drawing of a dramatic landscape with billowing clouds, a steep rocky hillside, scattered buildings in the middle distance, and dense vegetation in the foreground, rendered in bold expressive linework. A signature and date reading "Doc. 1948" appear below.
Black and white print with bold, energetic linework depicting a bearded figure in the upper portion looming over a reclining nude figure below, rendered with dynamic curved and hatched strokes.
Black and white ink drawing of a large standing figure emerging from billowing clouds above a prone figure on the ground, rendered with bold, energetic cross-hatching and gestural linework against a sketchy landscape background.
Black and white print with bold ink lines depicting a seated nude male figure with a long beard, draped in flowing fabric, set against a sketchy outdoor background with clouds, rendered in an Expressionist style with energetic hatching.
Pen and ink drawing with energetic cross-hatching; a large contorted figure dominates the center, grappling with distorted human and animal forms amid a chaotic urban background with buildings and swirling lines.
Ink drawing of a crouching, heavily built figure with curly hair gazing upward at a small floating creature above, rendered with bold, expressive hatched lines; signature and date visible in lower margin.
Black and white print with bold ink lines depicting a large, gaunt robed figure dominating the composition, surrounded by skulls, small crouching figures, a skeletal form, and a building at left; German script text along the bottom border.
Artist or Maker
Ludwig Meidner
Title
September cry
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1920
Medium
Printed material and fourteen lithographs on Van Gelder 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
83.1.155a-n
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.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al. Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.