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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 21/22 (1 Juni 1918)1918

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Franz Pfemfert, Die Aktion 8, no. 21/22 (1 Juni 1918)
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white composition; fragmented letterforms spelling 'BUNT' interspersed with jagged diagonal lines and angular abstract shapes against a dark background, with energetic hand-cut marks throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a stylized standing figure with angular, expressionist lines, surrounded by bold diagonal forms; incised hatching details on draped clothing.
Tall, narrow woodcut print in black and white; a nude figure reclines diagonally across the composition, surrounded by bold radiating white lines suggesting foliage or light, with strong contrast and expressive gouge marks.
Woodcut print in black and white, tall vertical composition showing a standing nude figure with arms raised, hands pressed to the head, draped fabric falling on both sides, bold contrasting areas of black and white with rough-cut expressive lines.
Woodcut print with bold black and white abstract composition, featuring angular geometric forms, parallel hatched lines, and fragmented figure-like shapes arranged vertically on a white ground.
Black and white woodcut or linocut print depicting a standing nude female figure with large outstretched wings, surrounded by bold diagonal hatched lines carved into a dark background.
Drawing in bold black ink lines depicting two intertwined figures, one upright and one reclined, rendered with angular, gestural strokes on white paper.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a fragmented, angular face rendered in bold Expressionist style, with jagged white planes emerging from a heavily textured dark background.
Woodblock print in stark black and white depicting a reclining figure rendered in angular, fragmented forms with bold contrasts between carved white shapes and dense black ground.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Various Artists, Stanislav Kubicki, Margarete Kubicka, Wladislav Skotarek, Jerzy Hulewicz, Stefan Szmai, Die Aktion 8, no. 21/22 (1 Juni 1918), 1918, 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. 21/22 (1 Juni 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with nine 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
83.1.1533a-i
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.