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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 25/26 (29 Juni 1918)1918

Not on view
Printed cover of 'Die Aktion,' a German periodical, with bold masthead type and a central woodcut abstract composition of sharp, colliding angular black and white forms
Woodcut print in black and white, abstract composition of sharp diagonal and angular forms with short parallel incised lines along their edges, suggesting fragmented or explosive movement against a dark background.
Woodblock print in black and white; a seated angular figure with a mask-like face occupies the center upper half, surrounded by radiating hatched lines suggesting foliage or light; below, four rounded figures rendered in outline gather closely together, viewed from behind.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, gestural lines depicting two abstracted human figures amid sweeping diagonal forms; the word "AKTION" appears in the lower left in fragmented lettering.
Black and white print, likely woodcut or lithograph, of a half-length figure with long hair and a veiled head, rendered in bold expressionistic lines with hatched shading against an abstract dark background.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, A. Krapp, Stanislav Kubicki, Die Aktion 8, no. 25/26 (29 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
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
Germany, Cologne, 1894-1933
Artist or Maker
A. Krapp
Artist or Maker
Stanislav Kubicki
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 25/26 (29 Juni 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
83.1.1535a-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.