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Henri Benson
Saturn, 3, no. 1 (1913)1913

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Black and white print reproducing the cover of the German periodical Saturn, featuring bold blackletter type above a woodcut-style illustration of two nude figures, one a pale outline and one a solid black silhouette, facing each other, with typeset German text listing contributors below
Linocut print in black and white, two abstracted forms: a crown-like shape above a dense, fragmented composition suggesting a crowded scene, with bold cut marks and high contrast between black and white areas. German text in blackletter script below.
Linocut print in black and white depicting two stylized human figures facing each other; the left figure rendered in outline, the right as a solid black silhouette with one leg raised, both forms abstracted with bold, simplified cuts.
Artist or Maker
Henri Benson
Artist or Maker
Herbert Grossberger
Title
Saturn, 3, no. 1 (1913)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1913
Medium
Printed material and three linocuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 5 7/16 in. (20.30 x 13.80 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
83.1.1312a-c
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.