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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 9, no. 14/15 (19 April 1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut cover of German periodical Die Aktion, featuring three angular, gaunt figures in Expressionist style, with blackletter masthead and German text
Woodcut print in black and white; bust-length portrait of a bearded man with a bald head, rendered in bold, high-contrast shapes with minimal detail; a vertical staff or rod appears at right; caption reads "Lisa Pasedag" and "Holzschnitt."
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a standing figure with an animal-like head, rendered in bold, angular forms with rough-hewn tool marks visible throughout.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a kneeling winged figure reaches toward a cross or sword-like form at left, with diagonal hatched lines at the bottom and the word "Holzschnitt" partially visible at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white, a large looming figure dominates the right side while a smaller figure appears in the dark background at left, rendered with energetic radiating gouge marks against a solid black ground.
Woodcut print of a village landscape in bold black and white, with angular houses and fragmented rooftops clustered in the middle ground, dark angular trees at upper left, and an open foreground rendered in expressive diagonal cuts.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Various Artists, Erich Godal, Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Wilhelm Schuler, Erich Gehre, Lisa Pasedag, Die Aktion 9, no. 14/15 (19 April 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

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 9, no. 14/15 (19 April 1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with five 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
83.1.1551a-e
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.