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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 29/30 (27 Juli 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print cover of 'Die Aktion' periodical, with bold German text and an expressionistic portrait of a man in a dark jacket, printed in black on cream paper
Woodcut print in black and white; a nude crouching figure faces a large bird with spread wings, surrounded by stylized foliage and bold geometric forms, with strong contrast and angular carved lines. The word "Holzschnitt" appears at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a nude figure seated and leaning forward, head bowed, surrounded by bold angular forms with high-contrast jagged negative space.
Woodcut print with bold black and white contrast, depicting large stylized flowers and foliage filling the composition, with a crouching figure visible at left, rendered in energetic expressionist gouged lines.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Josef Eberz, Die Aktion 8, no. 29/30 (27 Juli 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
Josef Eberz
Germany (Netherlands), 1880-1942
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 29/30 (27 Juli 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with three 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
83.1.1537a-c
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.