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Cesar Carl Robert Andreas Klein
Menschen 1, no. 5 (15 Juli 1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print in bold black and white with an angular, stylized figure in motion, arm raised, against fragmented architectural forms and diagonal lines
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a nude figure in a seated or crouching pose, rendered with bold angular forms, jagged lines, and high-contrast carving characteristic of German Expressionist printmaking.
Woodcut print in black and white, densely packed abstract composition of jagged angular forms, sharp diagonal lines, and fragmented shapes, with a spiral motif and solid circle at upper left, rendered with bold expressionist cutting marks.
Artist or Maker
Cesar Carl Robert Andreas Klein
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Artist or Maker
Georg Tappert
Title
Menschen 1, no. 5 (15 Juli 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and four woodcuts on thin green wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 x 12 11/16 in. (48.26 x 32.23 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
83.1.1366a-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.

  • Söhn, Gerhart. Conrad Felixmuller: das graphische Werk, 1912-1977. Hrsg. Gerhart Söhn; mit einer Einführung von Friedrich W. Heckmans. Düsseldorf: Graphik-Salon Gerhart Söhn, 1987.
  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.