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Wilhelm Plünnecke
The Marseillaise1919

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Lithograph on tan paper depicting four figures in motion beneath a billowing flag, with bold text reading 'DIE MARSEILLAISE' across the top
Lithograph in dark charcoal tones depicting a large central figure seen from behind, arms outstretched, facing an industrial cityscape with smokestacks and angular buildings. A crowd of figures gathers on either side in the middle ground, rendered with Expressionist angular distortion and bold, gestural mark-making.
Lithograph depicting a man standing on a raised platform with arms outstretched, backlit by radiating light, surrounded by crowds of figures gesturing upward from below, rendered in dark expressionist style with dynamic diagonal lines.
Lithograph of an urban street scene with angular Expressionist draftsmanship; a crowd of figures gathers below tall industrial buildings and a dark sun radiating sharp diagonal beams across a fragmented sky.
Lithograph depicting a crowd of figures marching forward in a rocky landscape, with loose, expressive linework in dark gray tones. Foreground figures rendered in angular, Expressionist style recede into a luminous background where smaller figures emerge from jagged forms.
Lithograph depicting a chaotic crowd scene with multiple figures in dynamic, overlapping poses; armed figures at upper left and center aim pistols and rifles downward at falling and struggling figures below, rendered in expressive charcoal-like tones with energetic, gestural linework.
Lithograph with vigorous, gestural mark-making; a crowd of figures amid rubble and debris, with a woman holding an infant elevated at center against a luminous background; armed figures and partially clothed figures fill the composition in deep blacks and grays.
Lithograph depicting a crowd of figures moving through a rubble-strewn urban street, with angular buildings in the background. Expressive, gestural linework rendered in black and gray tones.
Lithograph depicting multiple fallen and struggling figures in a chaotic heap, rendered in dark expressive tones. A central figure reaches one arm upward dramatically. Soldiers on horseback appear in the shadowy upper left corner. Dense cross-hatching and gestural mark-making throughout.
Lithograph depicting a crucifixion scene with a haloed figure on the cross, arms outstretched, rendered in loose expressive lines. Two figures stand at either side below; German words "BRÜDER" and "FREI" appear in the dark background. Bold, gestural mark-making with heavy cross-hatching.
Printed title page with black and red typography reading 'Wilhelm Plünnecke / Die Marseillaise / Zehn Steindrucke / Friedrich Dehne Verlag Leipzig,' with a small color vignette of two figures in dynamic poses, black stars at each corner
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Plünnecke
Germany, Hannover, 1894-1954
Publisher
Friedrich Dehne Verlag
Germany, Leipzig
Title
The Marseillaise
Place Made
Germany, Leipzig
Date Made
1919
Medium
Ten lithographs plus one lithograph with watercolor on wove paper as cover
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
83.1.28a-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.