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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kündung 1, no. 3 (March 1921)1921

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Woodcut print with bold black and sage-green geometric letterforms on black background; German text reads 'Eine Zeitschrift Kündung für Kunst'
Woodcut print with black background and white hand-lettered German text, featuring the heading "AUGENSPIELZEUG" at top and several lines of expressive script poetry below, signed "Karl Lorenz" at bottom left, with jagged decorative borders at top and bottom edges.
Woodcut print in black and white; large frontal face of a figure with angular, deeply carved features dominates the upper half, arms raised, while a smaller hunched figure appears below, set against a dark background with scattered white marks and hatched border details.
Woodcut print in black and white, two roughly carved figures in an interior space, one with flowing hair at left and a angular-faced figure at right, bold contrasting areas with jagged, expressionistic mark-making.
Woodblock print in black and white depicting a winter village scene: a figure in a long dress stands centrally beside a conifer tree, flanked by log cabin structures, with mountains and a moon visible against a dark sky, rendered with bold, expressive cut lines.
Woodblock print in stark black and white; a large, angular bearded face dominates the upper right, with bold gouge marks suggesting hair and beard, while a smaller standing nude figure appears at lower left against a solid black background.
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Artist or Maker
Lasar Segall
Title
Kündung 1, no. 3 (March 1921)
Place Made
Germany, Hamburg
Date Made
1921
Medium
Printed material and six woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (42 x 32 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
83.1.1057a-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.