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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 37/38 (21 September 1918)1918

Not on view
Printed cover of Die Aktion periodical with blackletter masthead and a bold Expressionist woodcut of an abstracted organic form in black ink on tan paper
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a roaring lion's head, rendered with bold angular cuts, dynamic curving lines suggesting a mane, and striped parallel marks throughout; monogram visible in upper right corner.
Woodcut illustration in black and white showing tall vertical plant forms with bold, jagged leaves and stems against a dark background, printed alongside a column of German text.
Black and white woodcut or relief print with bold abstract composition of sweeping curved bands and diagonal angular forms against a white ground; a small seated human silhouette appears at lower left, dwarfed by the surrounding shapes; German text caption printed below.
Woodcut portrait printed in black and white, a face rendered in bold, angular forms with sweeping curved lines suggesting hair and features, printed in a magazine page with German text above.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a cello in close-up, with bold white lines against a dark background showing the instrument's scroll, strings, and curved body in a heavily abstracted, Expressionist style.
Woodcut print in black and white, horizontal format, depicting a reclining nude figure rendered in bold, flowing lines with strong contrast between carved white forms and inked black areas.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting a reclining nude figure, rendered with bold angular cuts and curved striations across a horizontal composition.
Print with large, densely interlocking letterforms in black on white, arranged in a dynamic vertical composition with bold, irregular strokes and visible ink texture suggesting woodcut or linocut technique.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Germany, also active France 1878-1943
Artist or Maker
Otto Freundlich
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 37/38 (21 September 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with eight 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
83.1.1540a-h
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.