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Karl Hofer
Genius, vol. 3, no. 1 (1921)1921

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Book cover printed in slate blue and green on cream board, with decorative lettering and a small leaping deer motif
Lithograph in an open book, two nude figures embracing in a vertical composition, rendered in loose gestural strokes of dark gray and black against a pale ground.
Charcoal or ink figure study of two standing nude figures in close embrace, rendered with bold gestural strokes and strong tonal contrast against a dark, loosely blocked background on white paper.
Open book spread with German blackletter text on both pages; right page features a dark illustrative print of a reclining or falling human figure rendered in loose, expressive brushwork or etching.
Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook: two nude figures, one standing with back turned and one seated facing forward, rendered with loose contour lines and hatched shading on cream paper.
Charcoal or graphite drawing of two nude figures; a standing figure seen from behind reaches toward a second seated figure, rendered with bold contour lines and hatched shading on a white ground.
Book illustration with loose pencil or charcoal sketch of two standing nude figures on the right-hand page, beside a column of German text.
Black ink drawing on a cream book page, two seated figures intertwined, rendered with loose expressive linework; one figure faces forward, the other tilts head back with closed eyes; monogram 'CH' at lower right.
Ink drawing of two nude figures seated close together, rendered in bold, expressive black brushstrokes on white. One figure rests their head back while the other leans in, forms intertwined. Monogram signature at lower right.
Book spread with German text in two columns alongside a loose ink drawing of two intertwined figures, rendered in expressive gestural lines with minimal detail, initialed 'CH' at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Karl Hofer
Artist or Maker
Alexander Archipenko
Artist or Maker
Edwin Scharff
Title
Genius, vol. 3, no. 1 (1921)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material and three lithographs on wove and laid papers
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
83.1.816a-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.