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Josef Achmann
Die rote Erde 1, no. 8/10 (1920)1920

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Woodcut-style print with bold black letterforms on marigold-orange paper reading 'Die Rote Erde,' with expressionistic hatching and oversized interlocking capitals
Black and white print with dense abstract composition of angular geometric forms, sweeping curvilinear shapes, and stylized organic elements, rendered in bold contrasting black and white with dynamic diagonal lines and scrollwork throughout.
Black and white linocut or woodcut print, dynamic abstract composition of bold sweeping curves, angular lines, and radiating forms filling the picture plane, with a monogram at lower right.
Woodcut print of a bearded figure's head in three-quarter view, rendered in stark black and white with bold, angular gouge marks and diagonal hatching defining the facial planes and flowing hair against a solid black background.
Woodcut print in black and white, close-up portrait of a bearded figure in three-quarter profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat, rendered with bold angular gouges and heavy contrast between carved white areas and inked black ground.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; two angular, fragmented figures—a larger adult and a smaller child—closely intertwined against a jagged black background, rendered with bold expressionist gouges and hatched lines.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a fragmented urban landscape with rooftops, chimneys, and angular building forms radiating outward in sharp diagonal lines, with bold contrasts between solid black areas and parallel hatched passages.
Linocut print in black and white, angular Expressionist figure of a seated musician rendered in bold contrasting lines, holding an instrument, with a horn or bell shape in the foreground and striped background.
Linocut print in black and white, two angular stylized figures with mask-like faces against a dark background, bold gouged lines and high contrast, with German text caption below.
Woodcut print in stark black and white, two close-cropped faces in angular, Expressionist style — one bareheaded in profile at left, one wearing a broad-brimmed hat facing forward at right, with bold gouged lines and high contrast.
Woodcut print, close-up portrait of a man's face with cropped hair, rendered in stark black and white with bold carved lines defining angular facial features; diagonal geometric forms in the upper background.
Linocut print in black and white with densely packed, angular figures and faces emerging from bold, gestural cuts; expressionist composition with fragmented human forms amid jagged leaf-like shapes, printed text in German script below.
Linocut print in black and white depicting three expressionistically rendered figures with arms raised, rendered in bold angular lines against a solid black background, with a crescent moon motif above the central figure.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a seated figure rendered in angular, fragmented forms with bold gouged lines and high contrast, Expressionist style.
Woodcut print in stark black and white with bold Expressionist style; two angular, fragmented figures lean close together across a table, surrounded by geometric shards of light and shadow; small vessels visible at lower left; German text caption below.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a large curved form filled with crosshatched grid lines dominates the composition, with radiating diagonal lines below and a geometric building facade at lower right; Latin script caption reads "Josef Achmann: Originalholzschnitt."
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a flood scene; angular rooftops crowd the upper edges while swirling water with dense parallel line work fills the center, rendered in an Expressionist style with bold contrasts.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; fragmented angular forms suggest a figure, a starburst, and a building with windows, rendered with bold gouged lines against a solid black background; monogram visible in upper left corner.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a landscape with angular radiating lines, a row of white buildings at center, bare trees in the foreground, and a sun with bold rays in the upper right.

Josef Achmann, Max Kaus, Werner Lange, Lyonel Feininger, Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen, Karl Opfermann, Max Pechstein, Otto Lange, Karl Kriete, Fritz Schaefler, Die rote Erde 1, no. 8/10 (1920), 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Josef Achmann
Artist or Maker
Max Kaus
Artist or Maker
Werner Lange
Artist or Maker
Lyonel Feininger
Artist or Maker
Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen
Artist or Maker
Karl Opfermann
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Artist or Maker
Otto Lange
Artist or Maker
Karl Kriete
Artist or Maker
Fritz Schaefler
Title
Die rote Erde 1, no. 8/10 (1920)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Printed material with fourteen woodcuts and four linocuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (32.30 x 23.70 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
83.1.972a-r
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.

Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pechstein Hamburg / Toekendorf / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn