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Verlag Avalun
Avalun: ein Jahrbuch neuer deutscher lyrischer Wortkunst1901

Not on view
Woodcut or linocut print with bold black figures clustered at upper left, sending diagonal white rays across a mostly bare cream-colored page
Black and white print of a tall narrow vase with roses and foliage arranged vertically; stylized Art Nouveau linework with hand-lettered text reading 'Memoania' and 'Rilke' at upper left.
Black and white printed illustration in Jugendstil style; a woman in profile leans forward, her dark cape billowing into sweeping decorative curves entwined with scrolling vines and small silhouetted figures; Gothic script text above reads "Heinr. Lautensack."
Printed portrait with bold graphic contrasts, close-up frontal view of a person with curly hair and an open collar, rendered in flat areas of dark and light without midtones; signed 'Braumüller' lower right, with stylized lettering below the image.
Printed bookplate or portfolio cover with a landscape print depicting tall windswept trees against a dramatic sky with billowing clouds, rendered in bold black, gray, and white tones with flat graphic areas; block lettering below reads 'RICHARD SCHEID.'
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a column or pillar flanked by large foliage, with bold areas of solid black and incised line work suggesting an architectural setting with steps or paving at the base.
Black and white print with bold graphic linework, oval vignette composition showing a dark-clad figure kneeling among upright grave markers, hat blown off in the wind, with a cross and flat landscape in the background; cursive script inscription below the oval.
Printed illustration in a bound book, profile view of a woman with curly hair seated before a wide coastal landscape with a winding river; bold flat areas of dark ink with minimal linework; a bird soars in the cloudy sky above.
Black ink illustration, full-length figure of a curly-haired youth in fitted dark costume, one arm raised overhead cracking a whip, the other hand resting on a sword at the hip, rendered in bold flat areas of black and white with a monogram at lower left.
Book illustration in bold black and white, two figures in 18th-century dress on a balustrade or rooftop, their raised hands meeting, with large stylized foliage in silhouette dominating the right side; monogram 'CB' at lower right.
Black and white print with bold lettering reading 'VALUN' diagonally across center and 'A.R.S.' along the bottom, set against a heavily textured, grainy dark background within a rectangular border; decorative figural elements visible at upper left.
Publisher
Verlag Avalun
Germany, Munich, 1919-1931
Artist or Maker
Georg Braumüller
Austria, active Australia
Artist or Maker
Ernst Neumann-Neander
Title
Avalun: ein Jahrbuch neuer deutscher lyrischer Wortkunst
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1901
Medium
Bound volume of nine illustrated periodical issues with twelve woodcuts on PH Antique paper
Dimensions
Height: 12 3/4 in. (32.30 cm)
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
83.1.1657a-l
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.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.