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Georg Birnbacher
Der Weg 1, no. 4 (1919)1919

Not on view
Woodcut print, cover of 'Der Weg,' München, April 1919, Heft 4, with bold title lettering above a square black-bordered woodcut of two abstracted, simplified figures in close proximity
Woodcut portrait in stark black and white, close-up of a figure's face shown in three-quarter view with angular, fragmented forms in an Expressionist style; bold carved lines define the features against deep black areas, with a hand holding an object in the lower foreground.
Woodcut print in black and white; close-up portrait of an elderly man's face with deeply gouged lines conveying angular, fragmented features; hands raised near the face; bold contrast between inked blacks and sharp white relief cuts.
Black and white print with bold ink lines depicting a striding figure in a long buttoned coat and jester's cap, with a chaotic crowd scene merging into the figure's upper body, rendered in an Expressionist style with heavy hatching.

Georg Birnbacher, Untitled, circa 1916, 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
Georg Birnbacher
Artist or Maker
Fritz Schaefler
Artist or Maker
Max Kaus
Artist or Maker
Wilhelm Schnarrenberger
Title
Der Weg 1, no. 4 (1919)
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1919
Medium
Printed material and four woodcuts on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (31.11 x 24.6 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
83.1.1216a-d
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.