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Waldemar Rösler
Kriegszeit no. 54 (1 October 1915)1915

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Lithograph cover of German publication 'Kriegszeit,' No. 54, October 1915, with bold blackletter masthead above a loose, dark landscape of rocks or figures under a stormy sky
Lithograph depicting a ruined village streetscape with jagged, collapsed structures on either side and shadowy figures in the middle ground; loose, expressive charcoal-like marks with a crescent moon visible in the upper sky; German handwritten text below the image and a block of printed German text at the bottom of the page.
Charcoal or graphite sketch of a harbor or waterfront scene, with loosely drawn figures on a pier or quayside, industrial structures and a church spire in the middle distance, and a heavily crosshatched sky above
Lithograph or charcoal drawing of a chaotic landscape scene rendered with vigorous, gestural mark-making; dark clustered forms suggest figures and terrain across a wide horizontal composition beneath a sketchy sky; German handwritten inscription and printed caption below.
Artist or Maker
Waldemar Rösler
Title
Kriegszeit no. 54 (1 October 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. (48.74 x 33.02 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
83.1.1452a-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.