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Peter August Böckstiegel
Menschen 1, no. 8 (15 Oktober 1918)1918

Not on view
Expressionist woodcut in black ink on cream paper, three angular figures seated close together, bold flat blacks with white-cut hatching, titled 'Im Café'
Woodcut print, close-up portrait of a face in stark black and white, with bold angular gouged lines defining features, hatched background of diagonal strokes framing the head.
Woodcut print in black and white; a standing figure with outstretched arms at center, surrounded by a radiant halo, encircled by crouching and seated robed figures; large stylized birds fill the upper corners; bold expressionist carving with strong contrasts.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a landscape with rolling hills, dense foliage rendered in jagged parallel lines, and radiating sunburst rays at center top, with bold contrasting areas of cut white lines against solid black.
Woodcut print of a seated nude figure wearing a beaded necklace, one arm raised, rendered in bold black lines with hatched background details.
Woodcut print in black and white; close-up portrait of a man's face rendered with angular, faceted planes and bold carved lines; a second smaller face appears at left alongside a hanging lamp form; German text visible in the caption below.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a stylized figure in profile playing a stringed instrument, rendered with angular Expressionist forms, bold contrasts, and parallel carved lines suggesting volume and movement.
Woodcut self-portrait with bold black-and-white contrasts; angular, fragmented face rendered in an Expressionist style with deep gouged lines. The word "TAPPERT" runs vertically at left in block letters.
Artist or Maker
Peter August Böckstiegel
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Artist or Maker
Georg Tappert
Artist or Maker
Walter O. Grimm
Artist or Maker
Cesar Carl Robert Andreas Klein
Title
Menschen 1, no. 8 (15 Oktober 1918)
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and nine woodcuts on thin wove purple 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
83.1.1372a-i
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.