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August Gaul
Kriegszeit, no. 41 (27 May 1915)1915

Not on view
Lithographic magazine cover with Gothic German type over a large dark cloaked figure looming above a lightly drawn bearded old man, with handwritten German inscription below
Pen and ink illustration of six hornbill birds perched on bare branches, arranged in a loose composition; birds vary in size with characteristic large curved beaks; German caption text and numbered key below.
Pen and ink drawing of geese gathered around a fallen Roman standard bearing a shield emblem, with a sketched equestrian statue and classical architecture in the background. Latin text "Senatus populusque Romanus" appears below, with a signature at lower right.
Engraved print of a circular medallion design, depicting a monstrous winged figure with an open mouth devouring two human figures, one on each side; Latin text reads 'BRUTUS JUDAS CASSIUS' above a banner inscribed 'KAÏNA'; German text above reads 'Römische Dentmünze' and below 'Divina Commedia, Inferno, 34. Gesang, 37–69'

August Gaul, The newest renaissance, 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
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 41 (27 May 1915)
Place Made
Germany
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
83.1.1439a-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.