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Otto Hettner
Kriegszeit, no. 1 (31 August 1914)1914

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Lithograph cover of 'Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter,' No. 1, Berlin, August 1914, with a dense crowd scene before a large building, printed in black on straw-yellow paper
Pen and ink drawing of a full-length figure of a soldier in uniform and peaked cap, standing at attention holding a rifle, with flames and rubble visible in the background; a caption in German Gothic script reads below the image.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a dense mass of soldiers in helmets advancing with rifles and bayonets, rendered in vigorous, gestural strokes; figures fill the composition diagonally from upper left to lower right, with dark shadowing below.
Lithograph depicting a crowded urban street scene at night viewed from above, with dense masses of figures amid trees and illuminated buildings, rendered in expressive dark tones with loose mark-making; German script text below reads "Siegesnachrichten."
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
Max Liebermann
Artist or Maker
Arthur Kampf
Artist or Maker
Max Oppenheimer
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 1 (31 August 1914)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1914
Medium
Printed material and four lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/16 x 13 in. (48.6 x 33 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
83.1.1400a-d
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.