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San Diego State University Press, San Diego, California, 1987. Second edition, corrected. Softcover; 118 pp.; 28 cm. Black and white illustrations throughout. Condition of book: Acceptable +. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and moderate overall, surface wear, toning, spotting and soiling. Binding sound; Light foxing to edges of text block; interior pages lightly toned with occasional mild foxing, more pronounced on the endpapers and the first and last few pages. Exhibition catalogue of German Expressionist prints, drawings, posters, and periodicals from The Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation in Beverly Hills, California. Exhibition was held at the University Gallery, San Diego State University, April 30 - June 11, 1983; The Detroit Institute of Arts, September 14 - November 13, 1983; and David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, May 17 - July 1, 1984. Features works by Max Pechstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and other major German Expressionist artists. Cover illustration: Max Pechstein, cover design for An alle Künstler! (To All Artists!), published in Berlin by the Novembergruppe, 1919. Contents: Foreword to the First Edition (Dennis Komac); Foreword to the Second Edition (Earl A. Powell, III); Preface (Ida Katherine Rigby); Collector's Comments (Robert Gore Rifkind); Introduction; The War Experience; Peace and Renewed Internationalism; Artists and Revolution: Political Posters; Revolution and Disillusionment: An Art of Protest; Artists as Revolutionaries: Expressionism and the New Man; Empathy with the Proletariat; Radical Artists' Groups; Conclusion; Catalogue of the Exhibition (Jean Henderson Glover): I. Prints and Drawings; II. Posters; III. Illustrated Books, Periodicals and Documents; IV. Works of Art Illustrated in the Catalogue but Not Included in the Exhibition; Bibliography