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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 5/6 (9 February 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print in stark black and white, two angular abstracted figures in dynamic poses surrounded by jagged, fragmented geometric forms
Woodcut print in stark black and white, close-up frontal face with angular, fragmented forms and bold gouged lines, surrounded by jagged abstracted shapes filling the composition.
Woodcut landscape print in black ink on pale ground, depicting a low mountain or hillside rendered with bold, angular cuts and parallel striations suggesting terrain and foliage.
Charcoal or crayon drawing of a standing figure with curly hair and crossed arms, rendered in bold, gestural black lines on white paper.

A. Krapp, Untitled, 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. 5/6 (9 February 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
83.1.1530a-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.