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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kündung 1, no. 11/12 (November-December 1921)1921

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black and tan typography spelling 'Kündung / Eine Zeitschrift für Kunst' in angular, diagonal block letters on a black ground
Woodcut print in black and white; a seated nude figure with angular, stylized features occupies the left side, rendered with bold carved lines and heavy contrast. German text in hand-lettered and block typefaces fills the right side, headed by the word "HULDIGUNG" beneath decorative stars and a zigzag border.
Woodcut print in black and white featuring a poem in German Expressionist hand-lettered script. The title 'VERZUCKUNG' appears at top in bold block letters. Multiple stanzas of Gothic-style text fill a white central panel, bordered by a dark background with small star motifs at left. Signed 'W. NIEMEYER' at lower right.
Woodcut print with bold white German text on black background. Title 'BEGNADUNG' at top in large letters, followed by six stanzas of verse in expressive, irregular typeface. Geometric angular forms frame the composition at upper left and right. Artist signature 'W. NIEMEIER' appears in lower left corner.
Black and white woodcut or linocut print divided into six panels, each depicting urban and rural scenes with figures, buildings, a sun, mountains, and flowers; bold flat areas of black and white with visible German text reading "AUSKUNFT" and "Dr. med." Monogram "E. HEß" at lower left.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a stylized bust-length figure wearing a rounded hat, rendered with bold angular cuts, heavy black lines, and dynamic diagonal hatching throughout.
Woodcut print in black and white, fragmented Expressionist composition of an interior with a seated figure, bold angular lines and heavy contrast between carved white areas and inked black surfaces.
Woodcut print in black and white; large profile of a man's head in the foreground with bold, angular gouged lines; a smaller standing female figure emerges behind his left shoulder against a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white; a standing figure in a coat at left overlooks a reclining figure surrounded by jagged, angular forms rendered with bold gouge marks and heavy contrast.
Black and white print with bold abstract composition: a central vertical axis intersects horizontal bars, anchoring two quartered circles of different sizes, a small interlocking loop, and scattered symbols including wavy lines, parallel dashes, and a concentric circle, on a pale textured ground.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting an abstracted standing figure with a rounded head, circular forms on the torso, and outstretched horizontal arms, set against a heavily gouged dark background with jagged white striations. Monogram initials visible at lower left.
Black and white lithograph, close-up portrait of a bearded man with heavy-lidded eyes, one hand raised near his chin, rendered in bold expressive lines with strong tonal contrast.
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Artist or Maker
Emmy Hess
Artist or Maker
Werner Lange
Artist or Maker
Charles Crodel
Artist or Maker
Thomas King
Artist or Maker
Willi Titze
Artist or Maker
Hugo Meier
Title
Kündung 1, no. 11/12 (November-December 1921)
Place Made
Germany, Hamburg
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material and twelve 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
83.1.1061a-l
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.