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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 35/36 (7 September 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut cover of German periodical Die Aktion, with bold blackletter title and Expressionist figures in angular black lines on aged paper
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two angular, Expressionist figures; a robed standing figure bends toward a seated nude, with a third partial figure at right. Bold carved lines and jagged geometric forms. Text reads "SONDERHEFT JERZY V. HULEWIC" below.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a close-up frontal portrait of a figure with angular, Expressionist forms; one hand raised near the face, surrounded by bold diagonal and vertical gouged lines.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a seated nude figure rendered in angular, fragmented geometric forms with bold carved lines and textured hatching.
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white abstract composition of diagonal beams, zigzag forms, and radiating striped shapes converging dynamically; small human figure silhouetted at lower center against dark ground.
Woodcut print of a standing nude figure, head bowed and hands raised near the face, rendered in bold black lines with angular geometric forms framing the body on a white ground.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a dynamic figure on horseback in motion, rendered with bold angular cuts, sweeping curves, and fragmented forms against a white ground, with printed German text above.
Woodblock print or linocut of a nude figure bent forward, rendered in bold black lines on white, with roughly carved textures and jagged patterned areas suggesting fabric or foliage at lower edges.
Black ink rubbing or print of an oval stone relief, filled with angular fragmented sections and curved linear patterns suggesting a stylized face or figure, with small dotted marks along the upper edge.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Jerzy Hulewicz, Die Aktion 8, no. 35/36 (7 September 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
Jerzy Hulewicz
Poland, Koscian, 1886-1941
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 35/36 (7 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
83.1.1539a-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.