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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 3/4 (26 January 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print of a reclining figure with bold black gestural lines on white paper, loosely rendered with minimal facial detail
Woodcut print in black and white; two robed figures flank a reclining figure at center, with radiating white lines bursting from a star at the top of the composition; bold, expressionistic carving with high contrast.
Woodcut print in black and white; a hunched figure with animal-like features crouches within a bold triangular frame, surrounded by jagged, energetic gouge marks.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two fragmented, overlapping faces in a Cubist style, with bold carved lines and hatching. The word "LOND" appears at the bottom; a monogram is visible in the upper right corner.
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. 3/4 (26 January 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with four 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
83.1.1529a-d
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.