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Erich Büttner
Das junge Deutschland, 1, no. 6 (1918)1918

Not on view
Print cover of a German publication with blackletter title text 'Das junge Deutschland' and smaller roman typeface, cream paper, dated 1918
Lithograph book spread with two portrait sketches in bold black ink. Left page: bust-length figure wearing round glasses, hand raised near temple, with printed Latin-script text above. Right page: head tilted back against dark background, eyes closed, with handwritten inscription reading "Hermann Essig" below.
Open book spread with two lithographic portrait sketches. Left page: bust-length figure wearing round glasses, one hand raised near the head, with handwritten text 'FRANZ WERFEL' above. Right page: head-and-shoulders portrait of a figure reclined, eyes closed, against a dark background, with handwritten text 'HERMANN ESSIG' below.

Erich Büttner, Das junge Deutschland, 1, no. 6 (1918), 1918, 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
Erich Büttner
Title
Das junge Deutschland, 1, no. 6 (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and two lithographs on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (23.50 x 18.50 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
83.1.1616a-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.