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Conrad Felixmüller
Menschen Jg. 1, Nr. 8 (Reklameblatt)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print on tan-gray paper, angular expressionist figure reaching upward beside bold block letters spelling 'MENSCHEN,' with typeset German text and small vignette illustrations at right
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a dynamic angular figure in motion, with bold Expressionist linework; German text integrated into the composition reads 'Postulat von Felix Stiemer und Felix Müller'; page header reads 'Der Schrei – Eine Schriftenfolge, Heft I'
Woodcut print in black ink on gray paper; angular, Expressionist figures with stylized faces grouped tightly beneath a bold banner reading "PROGRAMM"; letterpress text "HEFT II:" at left.
Woodblock print in black and white with bold, angular Expressionist style; a dynamic figure with outstretched arms dominates the left, beside the word "MORGEN" in large letters and a radiating sun motif at upper right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting two stylized female faces in close proximity, rendered with bold Expressionist lines, flowing hair, and cross-hatched patterns against a solid black background. A monogram appears at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Germany, 1897-1977
Publisher
Felix Stiener Verlag
Germany, Dresden
Title
Menschen Jg. 1, Nr. 8 (Reklameblatt)
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and five woodcuts
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 × 12 1/2 in. (48.26 × 31.75 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
83.1.1371a-e
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.
  • Kaplan, Rachel, and Erin Sullivan Maynes. Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Pressing Politics: Revolutionary Graphics from Mexico and Germany. October 29, 2022 - July 22, 2023

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