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Wilhelm Plünnecke
Houses, trees, peoplecirca 1921

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Lithograph of an industrial cityscape at night, with smokestacks, factory buildings, a glowing street lamp, and utility poles rendered in high-contrast black and white with a sketchy, chalky quality
Lithograph of an urban street scene with a tall corner building dominating the center, flanked by lower structures; figures and bicycles along the street in loose, expressive black and gray tones.
Lithograph of an industrial townscape with factory chimneys and buildings along a ridgeline, bare trees and rolling fields in the foreground, dramatic rays of light breaking through a heavily shaded sky, rendered in vigorous black crayon strokes.
Lithograph of an urban street scene at night, with a lit market stall or carousel beneath a canopied structure surrounded by figures in dark coats, tall buildings looming in the background, rendered in loose, expressive charcoal-like strokes with strong contrast between black shadows and white highlights.
Lithograph of an industrial landscape with factory smokestacks and buildings in the background; two small figures with a cart occupy the middle ground above deeply shadowed, excavated terrain rendered in bold, gestural strokes.
Lithograph landscape with bare deciduous trees and utility poles in the foreground, farmhouses and rolling hills in the middle distance, rendered in bold dark marks with strong diagonal shadows across an open, light-toned ground.
Lithograph of a urban street scene with a large bare tree dominating the center, branches swept dramatically to the right, low-pitched rooftops and buildings in the background, rendered in expressive black crayon strokes with a cursive signature at lower right.
Lithograph urban landscape with bold charcoal-like tonal contrasts, depicting industrial buildings, a tall smokestack, utility wires, and rooftops receding into a pale sky, with a signature in cursive at lower right.
Lithograph of an industrial urban landscape with a stone arched bridge in the foreground, railroad tracks passing beneath, and factory buildings with a smokestack on a hillside above, rendered in vigorous charcoal-like strokes.
Lithograph of an urban street scene with arched stone bridge in the foreground, multi-story buildings, and angular rays of light emanating from the background, rendered in bold charcoal-like strokes with strong contrasts.
Gelatin silver print of a lithograph title page with bold German text reading 'Häuser Bäume Menschen' arching over a loose, gestural industrial landscape with factory buildings, smokestacks, and figures; publisher text 'Friedrich Dehne Verlag Leipzig' at bottom.
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Plünnecke
Title
Houses, trees, people
Place Made
Germany, Leipzig
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Ten lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 21 5/16 x 15 3/8 in. (54 x 39 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
83.1.19a-k
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.

  • Benson, Timothy O., et al. Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.