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Collections

Walter O. Grimm
Die Aktion 9, no. 23/24 (14 Juni 1919)1919

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Walter O. Grimm, Die Aktion 9, no. 23/24 (14 Juni 1919)
Woodcut portrait of a man's face, close-cropped, rendered in stark black and white with bold carved lines suggesting disheveled hair against a solid black background.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting multiple reclining human figures interwoven with bold, stylized tropical foliage, rendered with strong contrasting gouged lines and flat graphic forms.
Woodcut or linocut print in black and white depicting a stone archway or ruins, with radiating lines fanning outward from a central semicircular form suggesting a rising sun, bold high-contrast composition with rough-cut white marks against solid black ground.

Walter O. Grimm, Jan Wroniecki, Julius Kaufmann, Die Aktion 9, no. 23/24 (14 Juni 1919), 1919, 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

Artist or Maker
Walter O. Grimm
Artist or Maker
Jan Wroniecki
Artist or Maker
Julius Kaufmann
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 23/24 (14 Juni 1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
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
83.1.1553a-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.