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Karl Opfermann
Kündung 1, no. 2 (February 1921)1921

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Woodcut print with bold black letterforms on a pinkish-tan ground, reading 'Eine Zeitschrift / Kündung / für Kunst' in German, with a triangular geometric form at center
Woodcut print with bold black background and white hand-carved lettering. Large title text in German at top, followed by lines of verse in irregular, expressive script, with a signature block at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white, a stylized standing figure with angular face at center, flanked by abstracted forms and a six-pointed star at upper right, with a line of Hebrew script along the bottom edge.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two stylized figures with angular, Expressionist features; one smaller figure at left sits against a dotted background, a larger figure dominates the right foreground. Bold carved lines and high contrast throughout.
Charcoal or ink drawing of a stylized figure with an elongated oval head, asymmetrical facial features, holding a smaller abstracted figure at waist level; bold hatching and expressive line work in black on white.
Charcoal drawing of three stylized figures with geometric, mask-like faces; two seated figures at left and center, a third at right holding a palette, rendered with bold angular lines and heavy shading.
Artist or Maker
Karl Opfermann
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Artist or Maker
Lasar Segall
Title
Kündung 1, no. 2 (February 1921)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material and 6 woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (42.00 x 32.00 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
83.1.1056a-f
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.