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Erich Büttner
Kriegszeit, no. 35 (14 April 1915)1915

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Print cover of 'Kriegszeit' magazine, no. 35, April 1915, with a bold black ink illustration of soldiers on horseback surrounding a field artillery gun
Pencil or charcoal drawing, close-up portrait of a man in a military cap and uniform, facing forward, with a crowd of figures and bare trees sketched loosely in the background. Handwritten inscription and German text in Gothic script below.
Charcoal or graphite sketch with loose, energetic linework depicting several figures in military dress gathered closely together, rendered with heavy cross-hatching and dark shadows; a caption in German script appears below, dated 1915.
Lithograph with expressive, gestural linework depicting a dark horse and rider on a barren landscape, with turbulent forms in the sky above; German text and title printed below the image.

Kurt Schafer, Field battery, circa 1915, 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
Fritz Rhein
Artist or Maker
Various German Artists
Artist or Maker
Oskar Nerlinger
Artist or Maker
Kurt Schaefer
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 35 (14 April 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
83.1.1433a-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.