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Various German Artists
Kriegszeit, no. 17 (16 December 1914)1914

Not on view
Lithograph cover of 'Kriegszeit' periodical, No. 17, December 1914, with a loose, gestural image of mounted soldiers in close combat, sabers raised, rendered in dense black strokes on cream paper
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework; a group of armed soldiers in spiked helmets marches left while a woman clutching an infant stands at right; German script title 'Der Landsturm' at top with stanzas of verse beside the figures; signed 'Otto Hettner' lower left.
Lithograph on cream paper depicting a full-length figure in a heavy dark cloak, striding forward with one arm raised and head tilted back, rendered in vigorous expressive linework. German text below reads "Der heilige Krieg."
Printed page with two pen-and-ink cartoon illustrations at top, above a column of German text. Left panel shows figures in a car; right panel depicts figures on a tightrope or wire. Dense typeset text fills the lower two-thirds of the page.
Maker
Various German Artists
Maker
Otto Hettner
Maker
Otto Hundt
Maker
Georg Greve-Lindau
Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 17 (16 December 1914)
Place Made
Germany
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
83.1.1416a-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.