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Alexander Kolbe
Kriegszeit, no. 15 (2 December 1914)1914

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Lithograph cover of 'Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter,' No. 15, December 2, 1914, with a gestural battle scene showing soldiers storming a fortification, surrounded by German blackletter and roman type
Print with two pen-and-ink landscape sketches stacked vertically. Upper scene shows hippopotamuses resting on a riverbank with rocky outcroppings and mountains in the distance. Lower scene depicts a large flock of sheep resting and standing in a rocky landscape with hills behind. Cursive handwritten caption in German script between the two compositions.
Black and white lithograph with dynamic composition of muscular nude figures. Upper register shows intertwined bodies in turbulent motion; lower register features two large standing and seated figures flanking a crowd of helmeted soldiers. A text block in German Gothic script and the title "Den Kleinmütigen!" appear at bottom.
Page of six pen-and-ink sketches arranged in a grid, depicting military combat scenes with infantry soldiers and cavalry on horseback, rendered with loose expressive linework. German text captions and a title reading 'Skizzen aus dem Feld' appear below the illustrations.

Erich Büttner, Attack on a Fort, 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
Alexander Kolbe
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 15 (2 December 1914)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1914
Medium
Periodical with 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
83.1.1414a-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.