LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Emil Maetzel
Die Aktion 9, no. 39/40 (4 Oktober 1919)1919

Not on view
Cover of German periodical Die Aktion, featuring bold blackletter title type and a woodcut landscape of a tree-lined path leading to buildings
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a tree-lined staircase ascending toward a town skyline, with bold carved lines creating dense foliage and receding perspective.
Woodcut print in black and white; two figures in heavy dark clothing crouch among bare trees, one holding a tool and the other a wicker basket, rendered with bold carved lines and strong contrast.

Emil Maetzel, Oskar Birckenbach, Die Aktion 9, no. 39/40 (4 Oktober 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
Emil Maetzel
Artist or Maker
Oskar Birckenbach
1881-1948
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 39/40 (4 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
83.1.1559a-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.