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Erich Büttner
Kriegszeit, no. 14 (11 September 1914)1914

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Print cover of Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter, No. 14, November 1914, with sketchy graphite drawing of a soldier in spiked helmet holding a bayoneted rifle, alongside handwritten German verse
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of a crowded winter scene with soldiers on horseback and on foot moving through a village street, bare trees and snow-covered mountains in the background, loose gestural linework; cursive text below reads "Winterkampagne" and a signature with date 1914.
Black and white illustration with dense crosshatching; huddled figures below gaze upward at a turbulent sky where a grotesque face emerges from swirling clouds beside a large horn or trumpet; German script inscription at bottom reads 'Die Reuterpresse.'
Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple vignettes: upper section shows riders on galloping camels and a reclining camel; lower section depicts running and fallen human figures. Roman numerals and German text appear at bottom border.

Max Liebermann, Germany's battle song, 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
Erich Büttner
Artist or Maker
Max Liebermann
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 14 (11 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. (48.60 x 33.00 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
83.1.1413a-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.