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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 8, no. 30/31 (10 August 1918)1918

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Woodcut cover of German periodical 'Die Aktion,' with bold blackletter title, dense text listings, and a central woodcut of a falling figure surrounded by radiating carved lines
Cover of a German periodical titled 'Die Aktion' in bold blackletter type, with dense text columns and a woodcut illustration of a falling or floating human figure rendered in bold black and white lines with radiating background shapes.
Woodcut print in black and white, a standing figure with deeply bowed head and crossed arms rendered in bold angular lines, set within a dark rectangular border.
Woodcut print in black and white, a dark-robed figure with raised hands at center, surrounded by bold diagonal hatched lines radiating outward, with expressive angular gouging typical of early 20th-century German Expressionist woodcut technique; text below reads "J. Wroniecke" and "Holzschnitt"
Woodcut portrait of an older man wearing glasses, shown from the chest up against a dark, heavily hatched background, rendered in high-contrast black and white with bold, expressive carved lines.
Woodcut (Holzschnitt) of a gaunt figure riding a horse, rendered in bold black and white with energetic, jagged carved lines against a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a group of robed figures seen from behind face a dark rectangular form with a face-like visage, surrounded by dense, swirling carved lines suggesting wind or radiant energy.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Various Artists, Wilhelm Schuler, Julius Kaufmann, Karl Jakob Hirsch, Christian Schad, Jan Wroniecki, Erich Godal, Die Aktion 8, no. 30/31 (10 August 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
Various Artists
Artist or Maker
Erich Godal
Germany, also active United States, 1899-1969
Title
Die Aktion 8, no. 30/31 (10 August 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1918
Medium
Periodical with five woodcuts and one linocut 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
83.1.1538a-f
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.