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Collections

Rüdiger Berlit
Die Aktion 9, no. 33/34 (23 August 1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print cover of 'Die Aktion' periodical with blackletter title text and a bold woodcut illustration of four figures seated around a table
Woodcut print in black and white depicting four figures gathered around a table, rendered with bold carved lines and high contrast. Three figures lean toward a central object on the table; a bookshelf or window is suggested in the upper left. Monogram initials visible at lower left.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular forms suggesting a dynamic human figure amid jagged diagonal shapes; a monogram in the lower left corner; partial German text visible at top.

Rüdiger Berlit, Oskar Birckenbach, Die Aktion 9, no. 33/34 (23 August 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
Rüdiger Berlit
Artist or Maker
Oskar Birckenbach
1881-1948
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 33/34 (23 August 1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with two 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
83.1.1556a-b
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.