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Wilhelm Oesterle
Kriegszeit, no. 9 (21 October 1914)1914

Not on view
Lithographic print, cover of 'Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter,' No. 9, October 1914, with a sketchy portrait of a mustachioed man in military collar, German blackletter masthead above
Charcoal or lithographic print of a muscular standing figure wielding a large sword, draped in flowing cloth, striding over fallen bodies on a battlefield; chaotic crowd and flags visible in the background; cursive German text in Gothic script below the image, signed 'Heinrich Heine' at lower right.
Lithograph or charcoal drawing depicting a chaotic battle scene, with a mounted figure on horseback at the top center rising above a mass of struggling figures below, rendered in vigorous, energetic mark-making with dense dark tones and swirling lines.
Pen and ink caricature of a robed bearded figure balancing on a tree branch while raising an axe overhead, with a small weight hanging below the branch; German text caption in a box at lower right, with additional printed text at bottom.
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Oesterle
Germany, Wagenstadt, 1876-1922
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
England, also active Germany, 1875-1916
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Artist or Maker
Ernst Feigl
Artist or Maker
Alice Trübner
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 9 (21 October 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
83.1.1408a-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.