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Johannes Wüsten
Menschen 2, no. 54/61 (1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black ink, two heads in close profile facing each other, rendered in high-contrast black and white with gouge marks indicating hair and facial features
Woodblock print in stark black and white, three gaunt male faces crowded close together in three-quarter and frontal views, bold gouged lines with jagged hatching in the background, text in Latin script below reads 'F. WÜSTEN' and 'HOLZSCHNITT VOM STOCK GEDRUCKT'
Woodcut portrait of an older man's face in close-up, three-quarter view, rendered in bold black and white with vigorous gouge marks creating textured hair and a heavily lined face; Latin script text below reads 'F. WÜSTEN' and 'HOLZSCHNITT VOM STOCK GEDRUCKT'
Woodblock print with bold black background; a stylized nude figure stands with arms outstretched horizontally, rendered in white outline with minimal interior detail against solid black. German text in Latin and Roman script appears below.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, close-up portrait of a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, face rendered in bold angular forms against a solid black background, with hatched lines at upper right; monogram initials at lower right.
Woodcut print of a stylized frontal face against a solid black background, with asymmetrical spiral eyes, an open mouth showing jagged teeth, and a monogram at lower center; bold white lines on black with rough-cut texture.
Woodcut print of a human face in high contrast black and white, depicted in three-quarter view with bold gouge marks defining the brow, cheek, and open mouth; numbered monogram in lower right corner.
Woodcut print, close-up portrait of a man's head in three-quarter view against a solid black background, rendered in stark black and white with bold carved lines depicting disheveled hair and deeply furrowed facial features. Monogram 'LP' visible at lower left.
Woodcut print, close-up portrait of a man's head in three-quarter view against a solid black background, rendered in bold black and white with jagged carved lines and expressive, angular facial features; monogram initials at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a heavily muscled figure seen from below, with bold simplified forms and high contrast between carved white outlines and solid black ground; monogram initials visible in lower left corner.
Artist or Maker
Johannes Wüsten
Artist or Maker
Andreas Luksch
Title
Menschen 2, no. 54/61 (1919)
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material and ten woodcuts on wove 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
83.1.1384a-j
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

  • 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.