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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Genius, vol. 3, no. 2 (1921)1921

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Book cover printed in coral red and sage green on cream card stock, with geometric border, stylized lettering, and a leaping deer vignette
Woodcut print on a book page, seated figure with bowed head and hand raised to chin, rendered in bold black with white gouge marks; angular, expressive lines throughout; the word "BRUST" visible at right.
Woodcut print in stark black and white of a seated figure wearing a brimmed hat, head bowed and tilted downward, depicted with bold angular lines and heavy contrast; the word "BRUST" is carved into the composition at right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a heavily shadowed face and torso, with bold angular lines and high contrast; the word "BRUST" visible in white lettering against dark forms; printed on a right-hand page of an open book with German text on the facing page.
Lithograph printed in a book, aerial view of a mountain village with a tall church steeple rising at center, clustered rooftops and white-walled buildings surrounded by dark, angular rock formations, rendered in granular grayscale tones.
Black and white lithograph or drawing, elevated view of a mountain village with a tall church steeple rising at center, surrounded by angular rooftops and dark rocky terrain, rendered with bold tonal contrasts and stylized geometric forms.
Open book spread; left page with German text in two columns, right page with a woodcut or lithograph print depicting a hillside village with a tall church steeple, clustered rooftops, and dark dramatic sky, rendered in bold black and white with expressive linework.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alexander Kanoldt, Genius, vol. 3, no. 2 (1921), 1921, 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
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Artist or Maker
Alexander Kanoldt
Title
Genius, vol. 3, no. 2 (1921)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material and one woodcut and one lithograph 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
83.1.817a-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.

Copyright
© Staatl. Graphische Sammlung, München/billedkunst.dk, Cph. + © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn