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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion 9, no. 20 (24 Mai 1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut magazine cover for 'Die Aktion,' featuring bold blackletter title type and a central expressionist woodcut portrait with angular, deeply carved lines on aged cream paper
Woodcut print of a close-cropped male face rendered in bold black and white with angular, fragmented forms and energetic gouge marks; partial text along the bottom edge reads 'IE AKTION / BERLIN · WILM'
Woodcut print in black and white, two abstracted human figures rendered in angular white lines and shapes against a dark ground, with diagonal slashing marks suggesting rain or movement and a receding path or steps between them.
Woodcut portrait of a man's face emerging from vertical striations of heavy black grain, rendered in stark black and white with rough, expressive texture. Text below reads 'F. W. Seiwert' and 'Holxschnitt.'
Woodcut print with black ground and white line work depicting two figures; a standing figure with raised arms at center and a reclining figure at lower right, rendered in bold, angular gouged lines.

Franz Pfemfert, Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion, Karl Jakob Hirsch, Die Aktion 9, no. 20 (24 Mai 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
Karl Jakob Hirsch
Germany, 1892-1952
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 20 (24 Mai 1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with four 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
83.1.1552a-d
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.