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August Gaul
Kriegszeit, no. 50 (5 August 1915)1915

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Print, cover of 'Kriegszeit' publication, August 1915, with a sketched bust portrait of a uniformed military officer wearing medals and a flat-topped military cap
Lithograph or ink drawing depicting a group of bundled figures in heavy winter coats and hats, rendered with vigorous, expressive cross-hatching. Central figures move dynamically in a crowd, with additional faces visible in the background.
Pen and ink illustration showing a uniformed soldier writing at a desk in the foreground, with a chaotic battle scene of figures, explosions, and ruined structures rendered in dynamic diagonal lines above. German text and verse printed below the image.
Print with energetic ink line work depicting a large bear seated upright with mouth open wide, surrounded by smaller sketches of bear heads and crouching bear figures. German text caption appears below.

Valer von Ferenczy, Army commander in the East-General Boehm-Ermolli, 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
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Artist or Maker
Erich Büttner
Artist or Maker
Valer von Ferenczy
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 50 (5 August 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
83.1.1448a-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.