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August Gaul
Kriegszeit, no. 45 (24 June 1915)1915

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Print cover of 'Kriegszeit' magazine, June 1915, featuring a large eagle with open beak perched on a rock, rendered in bold black ink with expressive hatching, mountains and birds in the distance
Pen and ink drawing of a broad staircase leading to a neoclassical building with a clock tower, geese occupying the foreground steps, and a large classical equestrian statue group at upper right, rendered in loose energetic cross-hatching.
Pencil or charcoal portrait drawing of a uniformed military officer, bust-length, wearing a tall fur cap with a skull-and-crossbones insignia and feathered plume, with heavily decorated jacket featuring epaulettes and medals, rendered with loose hatching against a dark vignette background; caption in Gothic script reads "Generaloberst von Mackensen"; signed and dated 1915 at lower right.
Artist or Maker
August Gaul
Artist or Maker
Valer von Ferenczy
Artist or Maker
Otto Hettner
Title
Kriegszeit, no. 45 (24 June 1915)
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1915
Medium
Printed material and four lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
19 3/16 x 13 in. (48.6 x 33 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
83.1.1443a-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.