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Jozef Arpad Murmann
Kriegszeit, no. 51 (17 August 1915)1915

Not on view
Print cover of 'Kriegszeit' no. 51, August 1915, with a black ink illustration of a soldier lunging forward with a raised rifle amid rocky terrain
Black and white lithograph of a Dutch canal scene viewed from above, with barges and small boats in the foreground, figures and horse-drawn carts along the quay, and tall narrow buildings receding into the background, rendered in loose, energetic linework. Handwritten inscription in Latin script at lower right.
Black and white pen-and-ink editorial cartoon with three figures: a large rearing dragon, a uniformed Western figure holding a spear aimed at the dragon, and a smaller figure in loose clothing pulling the dragon's tail on a rope. German text caption below.
Black and white print of a caricatured lion rearing up on its haunches, balancing a globe on its nose in the manner of a performing seal, atop a plinth inscribed 'BRITENLEU'; German text below; loose expressive line work.

Jozef Arpad Murmann, 'Our heroic troops...', 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
Jozef Arpad Murmann
Artist or Maker
Carl Olof Petersen
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Wagner
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 51 (17 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
83.1.1449a-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.