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Collections

W. Boning
Kriegszeit, no. 5 (30 September 1914)1914

Not on view
Lithograph broadsheet cover from 1914 with Gothic text masthead above a gestural sketch of Reims Cathedral with radiating light behind twin towers
Lithograph or charcoal drawing depicting a naval battle scene; a ship engulfed in a massive explosion of smoke and flames at left, with additional vessels on rough seas in the background; loose, expressive linework; handwritten text in German script below the image.
Black and white lithograph depicting a nighttime street scene with buildings engulfed in large billowing flames. Crowds of figures on horseback and on foot fill the foreground amid smoke and chaos. A multi-story building at right remains standing. German Gothic script inscription at bottom margin.
Print depicting a group of winged figures in loose gestural linework; a central standing figure is surrounded by smaller winged putti blowing trumpets and holding wreaths; German text in script handwriting below the composition, with printed text at the bottom margin.

Walter Bondy, The Cathedral at Reims, 1914, 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
W. Boning
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 5 (30 September 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
83.1.1404a-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.