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Eugen Ludwig Gattermann
Menschen 2, no. 1-6 (1919)1918

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Woodcut landscape print in bold black and white, showing conifer trees, low buildings, rolling hills, and a dramatic sky with billowing clouds and radiating sunburst lines
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two angular, stylized figures rendered with bold gouged lines and sharp geometric forms, with visible wood-grain texture throughout.
Woodblock print of a crouching human figure rendered in white outline against a dark textured background, arms extended and torso twisted in a dynamic pose; small seal marks in upper corners.
Woodcut or linocut print, close-up portrait of a man's face rendered in bold black and white with angular, Expressionist cut lines defining the eyes, nose, mustache, and short hair. German text caption below.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular shapes and a Cubist-influenced composition; fragmented human and animal figures rendered in sharp geometric and curvilinear forms against a dark background, with visible grain and knife-cut edges.
Woodcut print in black and white; a figure stands atop a rocky cliff above a waterfall, arms raised, with conifer trees and a radiating sun at upper right, and a reflective pool below; bold, simplified forms with dynamic gouge marks.
Woodcut portrait of a man's face in three-quarter view, rendered with bold black-and-white geometric planes and angular hatched lines, with rounded glasses and a fragmented, Expressionist treatment of facial features.
Woodcut print with dense black and white abstract composition, featuring fragmented animal and plant forms, curved and angular shapes, stars, and bold contrasting areas of solid black and white.
Woodcut print in black and white, close-up portrait of a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, rendered with bold angular gouges and fragmented planes in an Expressionist style.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting multiple figures in wide-brimmed hats gathered around a central area, rendered with dense cross-hatched lines and bold angular forms creating a dynamic, compressed composition.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a dynamic figure of a horse and rider in motion, rendered with bold angular cuts and fragmented forms against a dark background, with scattered white shapes suggesting movement; monogram initials at lower center.
Woodblock print in black and white featuring bold interlocking letterforms and curving abstract shapes, with floral or leaf elements along the edges and uneven ink texture throughout.
Linocut print of a stylized face in white lines against a dark textured ground, with bold simplified features including large almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, and full lips.
Artist or Maker
Eugen Ludwig Gattermann
Artist or Maker
Oskar Nerlinger
Artist or Maker
Georg Kind
Artist or Maker
O. Sebald
Artist or Maker
Carl Gunschmann
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Artist or Maker
Walter O. Grimm
Title
Menschen 2, no. 1-6 (1919)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and thirteen woodcuts on laid paper
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
83.1.1379a-m
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.

  • 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.