Klingen (Sound), Johannes Molzahn

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Johannes Molzahn, Klingen (Sound)
Johannes Molzahn
1919
Klingen (Sound), 1919
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: color woodcut; wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 450 x 353 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 298 x 243 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 17 11/16 x 13 7/8 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 3/4 x 9 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund
Accession number: 2002.0074
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
Molzahn served in the military beginning in 1915, yet was able to hold an exhibition in the Sturm gallery in Berlin during the war years. In 1919 Molzahn published his "Manifesto of Absolute Expressionism" in the journal Der Sturm. The personal outpouring of this manifesto, which has been characterized as a highly emotional and mystical text with apocalyptic passages and an emphasis on destruction and creation, has much in common with the works made the same year, such as the one exhibited here.

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