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Franz Pfemfert
Die Aktion Jg. 10, Nr. 27/28 (10 Juli 1920)1920

Not on view
Printed magazine cover with blackletter masthead and a central woodcut print of a crowd with raised arms beneath radiating light, in black ink on tan paper
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting multiple figures with arms raised upward amid fragmented angular forms, rendered in bold Expressionist style with strong contrasting marks and jagged geometric lines suggesting an urban setting.
Woodcut print in black on white, with a boldly carved male figure at upper left integrated into German text reading 'Freunde Sammelt Euch um die Aktion.' in angular, densely overlapping letterforms.
Editor
Franz Pfemfert
Germany, also active Mexico, 1879-1954
Publisher
Verlag der Wochenschrift Die Aktion
Germany, Leipzig, 1883-1939
Artist or Maker
Rüdiger Berlit
Germany, Dresden, 1895-1985
Artist or Maker
Rolf Tillmann
Title
Die Aktion Jg. 10, Nr. 27/28 (10 Juli 1920)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Date Made
1920
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
83.1.1570a-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.