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Otto Hettner
Kriegszeit, no. 28 (1915)1915

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Lithograph magazine cover with blackletter masthead reading 'Kriegszeit' above a large sketch of a spread-winged eagle hovering over choppy water, with smaller birds in the distance
Black and white print of a city under fire, with billowing smoke clouds rising above a low skyline of buildings and church spires along a waterfront, rendered in dense crosshatched linework. German text caption reads "Brand in Antwerpen" below the image, followed by a column of printed German text.
Lithograph with energetic, expressive linework depicting two bundled figures in heavy clothing collapsed or crouching in a street, with a crowd and urban buildings sketched loosely in the background. German text below reads "Straßenecke in Warschau."
Charcoal or pencil drawing depicting a dense crowd of figures rendered in energetic, gestural marks; a central figure rises above the mass, surrounded by chaotic overlapping forms and deep shadows; German text in Latin script below the image reads 'Der Kaiser in Eck.'
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
Ulrich Hübner
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 28 (1915)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1915
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
83.1.1426a-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.