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Jan Zrzavý
Die schöne Rarität 2, no. 8 (1918)1918

Not on view
Woodcut print, German Expressionist magazine cover with bold black title block, square woodcut of abstract geometric forms on black ground, Gothic text in black ink on cream paper
Black and white woodcut or linocut print depicting a stylized seated figure surrounded by bold concentric arching lines, with jagged zigzag patterns framing the interior figure.
Woodcut print in black and white; a stylized frontal figure with a diamond-shaped torso and curved arms sits within a large dark oval, flanked by arrow-like forms and parallel hatched lines; two solid black triangles anchor the lower corners.
Woodcut print in black and white, abstract composition of angular fragmented forms and diagonal hatching, centered on a large oval shape over a dynamic arrangement of jagged, overlapping planes.
Woodcut print in black and white; frontal portrait of a hooded figure with bold horizontal lines across the face, set against a black background with hash-mark border patterns.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a stylized masked face with angular, geometric forms and bold contrasting areas, surrounded by fragmented diagonal planes with jagged hatched edges.
Woodcut print in black ink on white paper depicting a reclining figure rendered in fragmented, angular forms with parallel hatched lines suggesting volume; German caption in Gothic script at lower left.
Woodcut print in black and white, a figure in motion amid fragmented angular forms, with bold gouged lines and the word 'Böhmen' in block letters at upper center, monogram 'FM' at lower right.

Josef Čapek, Gypsy, circa 1918, 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
Jan Zrzavý
Artist or Maker
Conrad Felixmüller
Artist or Maker
Vlastislav Hofman
Artist or Maker
Josef Čapek
Artist or Maker
Václav Spála
Title
Die schöne Rarität 2, no. 8 (1918)
Place Made
Germany, Kiel
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material with eight woodcuts on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 8 in. (24.44 x 20.32 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
83.1.1652a-h
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.