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Heinrich Stegemann
The new Hamburg1923

Not on view
Vertical print with bold black Cyrillic letterforms arranged in a dense, interlocking oval cluster, rotated at multiple angles against pale gray paper
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two angular, simplified figures standing close together, with bold gouged lines and hatched background strokes characteristic of Expressionist woodcut technique.
Woodcut print of a towering rocky cliff or mountain form rendered in bold black and white, with vigorous gouge marks creating sharp, angular facets and dramatic contrast throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting three close-cropped figures with angular, expressionistic features, rendered with bold gouged lines against a nearly solid black background. A monogram 'K' is visible in the lower left corner.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, a lone figure with bowed head amid a fragmented urban landscape of angular rooftops and diagonal forms, with bold knife marks creating sharp contrast throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white; two figures with stylized, angular faces amid fragmented architectural forms, rendered with dense cross-hatched gouging and strong contrasts.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting two standing figures in a dynamic interior or street scene, rendered with bold diagonal gouged lines and high contrast; swirling forms fill the upper left corner.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting a city scene with angular buildings and a tall tower above an arched bridge or viaduct, with small figures visible beneath the arches; bold, heavily gouged lines and high-contrast geometric forms.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two faces in profile facing each other, surrounded by sweeping, swirling lines suggesting wind or flowing hair, with bold contrasting areas of black and white and dynamic curved cutting marks throughout.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting an angular urban street scene with tall, fragmented building facades converging upward, bold contrasting forms with visible grain texture.
Black and white woodcut or linocut print of crashing ocean waves, with bold curling forms and fine parallel lines suggesting moving water, centered around a circular vortex, against a solid black sky.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting a narrow urban street with tall angular buildings receding toward a tower; small silhouetted figures stand near an arched doorway in the lower right, with bold expressionist contrasts between solid black masses and white negative space.
Woodcut print of a face in close-up three-quarter view against a solid black background, rendered in high-contrast black and white with bold carved lines; a large white head covering frames the downward-tilted face, with stylized eye, nose, and lips visible.
Artist or Maker
Heinrich Stegemann
Artist or Maker
Paul Schwemer
Artist or Maker
Robert Köpke
Artist or Maker
Adolf Bauer-Saar
Artist or Maker
Emil Maetzel
Artist or Maker
Klaus Wrage
Artist or Maker
Otto Niebuhr
Artist or Maker
Gerhard von Ruckteschell
Artist or Maker
Karl Opfermann
Title
The new Hamburg
Place Made
Germany, Hamburg
Date Made
1923
Medium
Book with twenty-nine woodcuts and three linocuts on 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
83.1.160a-ff
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.

  • 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.