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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 1/2 (12 January 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black and white contrast showing a small nude figure with arms raised inside a large circular form filled with diagonal slash marks suggesting feathers or wings
Woodcut or linocut print of a reclining nude figure rendered in bold white outlines against a solid black background, with stylized, interlocking curved lines defining the body's form.
Woodcut print in black and white, stylized downward-gazing face framed by a triangular white veil or hood, surrounded by bold geometric hatching and crosshatch patterns, with a small circle at center bottom.
Black woodblock print of a stylized deer-like animal standing on a flat base, its elongated neck topped with a large circular floral form with radiating petals, rendered in solid black silhouette against white.
Woodblock print in black and white, two stylized reclining nude figures rendered in angular, geometric forms against a heavily textured dark ground.

Otto Freundlich, Ecstasy, circa 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Artist or Maker
Various Artists
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 1/2 (12 January 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with five woodcuts 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
83.1.1528a-e
Classification
Periodicals
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.