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Hedwig Weiss
Kriegszeit, no. 60 (January 1916)1916

Not on view
Lithograph cover of German periodical 'Kriegszeit,' January 1916, with a sketchy ink drawing of a seal and a rooster facing each other over a large egg
Lithograph of a standing figure in loose robes, both arms raised with open hands, rendered in soft charcoal-like strokes on white ground with minimal shading.
Black and white print depicting a chaotic battle scene with multiple figures in historical dress fighting amid rocky terrain, rendered in energetic pen-and-ink linework with dense cross-hatching; German script text visible at lower left and right margins.
Lithograph or charcoal drawing depicting six figures seated and reclining in a darkened, cave-like setting, rendered with dense, energetic cross-hatching and loose gestural lines.
Black and white illustration with loose pencil or lithographic linework; a large rooster stands atop a recumbent human figure lying on the ground, while a smaller bird perches in the background.

August Gaul, Compulsory military service debate, circa 1916, 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
Hedwig Weiss
Artist or Maker
Willy Jaeckel
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 60 (January 1916)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1916
Medium
Printed material and five 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
83.1.1457a-e
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.