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Collections

Lonni Ideler
Die Aktion 9, no. 37/38 (20 September 1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print, cover of 'Die Aktion' periodical, with bold German masthead type and angular geometric portrait of a bearded male figure in black ink on tan paper
Woodcut portrait of a man's head and shoulders rendered in bold black and white, with angular, fragmented planes in an Expressionist style; monogram 'HJ' at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two figures, one larger cradling a smaller infant figure, with bold carved lines and heavy contrast against a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white; close-up portrait of a man with hands raised near his face, rendered in bold angular forms with radiating diagonal lines emanating from the figure against a dark background.

Lonni Ideler, Eugen Hoffmann, Emil Maetzel, Die Aktion 9, no. 37/38 (20 September 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
Lonni Ideler
Artist or Maker
Eugen Hoffmann
Germany, also Great Britain, 1892-1955
Artist or Maker
Emil Maetzel
Title
Die Aktion 9, no. 37/38 (20 September 1919)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1919
Medium
Periodical with three 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
83.1.1558a-c
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.