LACMA on Monday

I roamed around LACMA to explore new exhibits.  I enjoyed two and want to go back for more.  The first is of Japanese woodcut prints and the second is printed materials, some woodcut, entitled "AKTION! Art and Revolution in Germany, 1918-1919."  These are contrasting moods from the sublime of Japan in the late 1600's to mid 1800's to the traumatic time in Germany post Word War I.

Here are some of my favorites:

"The Sacred Fountain at Castle Peak," 1842 by Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849..

"Tago Beach near Ejiri on the Tokaido," 1830-33 by Katsushika Hokusai.

"Gochunagon Sadaie," 1835-36 by Katsushika Hokusai.  "This print of laborers burning seaweed to extract salt illustrates a poem by Gochunagon Sadaie," written in the thirteenth century.

"Geese Decending at Katada" 1834-35 by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858.  

"Minowa, Kanasugi, and Mikawashima,"1857 by Hiroshige

"The gold Mines, Sado Province," 1853 by Hiroshige.

"Hinazuru and Karagoto of Chojiya," 1808 by Kikugawa Eizan, 1787-1867

"Geisha with Samisen," 1825 by Keisai Eisen, 1790-1848

"Segawa Roko in a Dance-Play of the Four Seasons," 1805 by Katsukawa Shunko.

"The Syllable 'He' (Ariwara no Narihira Seeing Snow on Mount Fuji)," by Katsukawa Shunsho, 1726-1792,

"The Inspired Way," 1919 by Constantin von Mitschke-Collande, Germany 1884-1956, portfolio of six woodcuts on laid paper. This portfolio tells Walter Georg Hartman's short story  told from the perspective of a young soldier who participates in the Communist revolution in Berlin and dies tragically in a street fight.

"You Have Killed Your Brother,: 1919 by Mitschke-Collande.

"So Spartakus Leads You! Brothers, Save Our Revolution," Unknown artist, 1919.

"Volksredner," from the portfolio "Time of Revolution," 1920 by Magnus Zeller, Germany 1888-1972, lithographs on wove paper.

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"Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht, 1920 by Kathe Kollwitz, Germany 1867-1845, woodcut on wove paper.

"To the Lamppost," 1919 by Max Pechstein, Germany 1881-1955, lithograph on machine-made paper.

"The Red Flag," 1918 by Alfred Stiller, Germany 1879-1954, lithograph on wove paper mounted on linen.

"3 Words:  Uninterrupted Demobilization, Rebuilding of the Republic, Peace," 1919 by Heinrich Richter-Berlin, Germany 1884-1981, lithograph on wove paper mounted on linen.