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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.

Georg Greve-Lindau, Cavalry battle, 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

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.