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A. Krapp
Die Aktion 9, no. 41/42 (18 Oktober 1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print, cover of the German periodical Die Aktion, with bold blackletter masthead, dense text columns, and a central Expressionist woodcut of two angular nude figures among stylized foliage
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two figures in dynamic poses surrounded by stylized tropical foliage. Bold, flat areas of black contrast with white forms rendered in angular, expressionistic lines. A monogram appears in the lower left corner.
Rubbing or ink print of two schematic bird figures rendered in white lines against a dark textured ground, depicted in profile with angular, geometric forms and crossed legs.
Artist or Maker
A. Krapp
Artist or Maker
Walter O. Grimm
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 41/42 (18 Oktober 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
83.1.1560a-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.