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Georg Tappert
Der schwarze Turm no. 3 (1919)1919

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Woodcut and letterpress cover of a 1918 German publication, with Gothic title type above a dense Expressionist woodcut of angular, overlapping human figures within an arched border
Woodcut print of a fragmented face in Expressionist style, rendered in stark black and white with bold, angular lines and hatching. Large letter forms appear in the upper corners against a black background.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a crowded, fragmented scene with multiple human figures and horses in dynamic diagonal composition, rendered with bold expressionist gouging and jagged angular forms.
Woodcut print in black and white; two angular human figures amid a fragmented, chaotic composition of jagged geometric forms, rendered with bold gouge marks and high contrast between solid black areas and white cut lines.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a densely fragmented landscape with angular, overlapping forms suggesting trees and figures, rendered with bold gouged lines and jagged Expressionist geometry.
Woodcut print in black and white; bust-length portrait of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat with decorative trim, rendered with bold, angular gouged lines against a black background with radiating diagonal marks.
Woodcut print with densely packed angular and curved forms in black and white, featuring fragmented figures and geometric shapes with bold gouged lines and jagged edges throughout the composition.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, hands raised near the face, surrounded by fragmented angular forms and hatched lines in an Expressionist style.
Artist or Maker
Georg Tappert
Title
Der schwarze Turm no. 3 (1919)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material with eight linocuts on wove paper plus linocut on cover stock
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.86 x 18.41 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
83.1.1317a-i
Classification
Books
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.