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NEW YORK PRINT FAIR 2007: A SELECTION OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS

nypf 2007

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Alice Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
ALICE

Gouache over lithograph. 1907.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde., inscribed by the artist in the lower left corner (übermalt)
and titled by Ada Nolde "Alice". Impressions in the first state were printed in black only, in the second state
in two respectively three colors.
With a photo-certificate from Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel L 7
Size: 335 x 215 mm (574 x 430 mm)
E. N. (SELBSTPORTRÄT) Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
E. N. (SELBSTPORTRÄT)

Line and tonal etching. 1908.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde.. On firm, chamois wove paper, with full margins.
A fine impression with strong contrasts.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel R 89 II
Size: 309 x 239 mm (627 x 453 mm)
AKTE IM ATELIER Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg – 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
AKTE IM ATELIER

Drawing in charcoal. Circa 1909.
A superb early drawing on brown paper. Dr. Günther Gercken, who is presently preparing a catalogue raisonné of the prints of Kirchner, has examined the original and confirms the attribution and date. Provenance: Dr. Gervais, with his notation at the bottom left reverse of the sheet “KLM 12”. Gervais, from the 1930s on, was one of the most discerning and assiduous collectors of Kirchners prints, drawings and watercolors. His collection was dispersed in portions in 1947.
Size: 440 x 340 mm
HIPPODROM Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg – 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
HIPPODROM

Drypoint. 1910.
Signed in pencil lower right E L Kirchner and inscribed Eigendruck lower left. The only known impression. On thick, buff wove paper. With the stamp Un[v]erkäuflich E L Kirchner on verso. Provenance: C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, Lagerliste 9, 1954; Private collection Rheinland.
Reference: Dube R 104
Size: 197 x 248 mm (221 x 265 mm)
WEIBLICHER HALBAKT Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
WEIBLICHER HALBAKT

Lithograph. 1910.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right M.Pechstein 1911, insribed lower left Abwartend. Printed in black and light yellow. On thin chamois paper. Scarce. Provenance: Dr. Ismar Littmann, Breslau
Reference: Krüger L 112
Size: 380 x 280 mm (484/495 x 365 mm)
MÄDCHEN MIT TURBAN Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln – 1970 Radolfzell)
MÄDCHEN MIT TURBAN

Woodcut. 1911.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right E Heckel 11, inscribed at lower left sheet edge Der Turban Holzsch.. A very fine impression with richly inked black areas and picking up the subtle wood grain in the background. On WINTERTHUR SILK BLOTTING HURER FRERES-wove paper.
Provenance: Verso stamp Stadtmuseum Dresden (inscribed in blue ball-pen 1919/111.) and stamp Galerie Ferdinand Möller.
Reference: Dube H 211
Size: 315 x 213 mm (440 x 259 mm)
ZWEI MÄDCHEN AM MEER (AM STEIN) Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln – 1970 Radolfzell)
ZWEI MÄDCHEN AM MEER (AM STEIN)

Lithograph. 1914.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Heckel 14, and titled at the lower left sheet edge Zwei Mädchen am Meer. On yellowish wove paper, with wide margins.
Reference: Dube L 224
Size: 411/421 x 271/283 mm (694 x 501 mm)
SELBSTBILDNIS MIT GRIFFEL Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York, NY)
SELBSTBILDNIS MIT GRIFFEL

Drypoint. 1916.
Signed in pencil lower right Beckmann. Plate 19 from Gesichter, a series of 19 drypoints published by Verlag der Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich 1919, with the blindstamp in the lower left corner. From the edition of 60 impressions on chamois laid paper (plus 40 on Japan). A brilliant impression with fine plate tone.
Reference: Hofmaier 105 II B b
Size: 296 x 235 mm (450 x 370 mm)
RADIERUNG 1916 – NO. V Wassily Kandinsky (1866 Moskau – 1944 Neuilly)
RADIERUNG 1916 – NO. V

Drypoint on zinc. 1916.
Signed in pencil lower right Kandinsky. Inscribed, dated and numbered lower left No V, 1916, No 8, numbered again in the lower right sheet corner 8.. Signed with the monogram and dated in the plate lower left. A fine impression, printed with light platetone, on thick paper with full margins. From the edition of 10.
Reference: Roethel 157
Size: 122 x 98 mm (397 x 300 mm)
DÜNEN UND MOLE Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
DÜNEN UND MOLE

Color woodcut, printed in black and two shades of blue. 1917.
Signed in pencil lower right S.Rottluff, and inscribed with the work number 171. In the lower left corner inscribed by a different hand Aus Russland 171. On chamois wove paper. The color block printed particularly rich and vibrant, in the manner of a monotype.
Reference: Schapire H 195
Size: 290/296 x 330/332 mm (574 x 518 mm)
KREUZABNAHME Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York, NY)
KREUZABNAHME

Drypoint. 1918.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Beckmann 18, titled left Kreuzabnahme and inscribed (Handdruck erster Zustand). On chamois laid paper with watermark ORIGINAL HAND LINEN P & H, with full margins. A brilliant, fine impression of the first state, with platetone. Extremely rare, Hofmaier records only further 2 impressions. In 1919, the second state of the print was published as Plate 11 in the portfolio Gesichter. Unlike the even and punchy impressions of the published state, executed by professional printers, this proof, pulled by the artist himself, shows a much greater variety of accents and differenciation and allows us to follow Beckmann's sensations and creative process.
Reference: Hofmaier 131 I (of II D)
Size: 305 x 254 mm (503 x 329 mm)
VILLA AM STRANDE IV Lyonel Feininger (1871 - 1956, New York)
VILLA AM STRANDE IV

Woodcut. 1918.
Signed in pencil lower left Lyonel Feininger. One of 10 impressions on Japan from the total edition of 110 impressions published in the portfolio Neue Europäische Graphik, Erste Mappe, Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar, Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam.
Reference: Prasse W 226
Size: 265 x 343 mm (322 x 378 mm)
MÄNNERBILDNIS Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln – 1970 Radolfzell)
MÄNNERBILDNIS

Color woodcut in green, blue, ochre and black. 1918.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 19. An superb, early impression of the second state before the edition printed and signed by Voigt for I.B. Neumann. The inks thinly applied to the blocks with the brush and printed to a very lively and transparent effect. On chamois PANNEKOEK laid paper with full margins.
Reference: Dube H 318 II (of III B)
Size: 462 x 327 mm (587 x 464 mm)
HEILIGER FRANZISKUS Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
HEILIGER FRANZISKUS

Woodcut. 1919.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right S.Rottluff 1919. A very fine impression of this monumental woodcut, on brownish wove paper.
Reference: Schapire H 243
Size: 596 x 489 mm (802 x 686 mm)
KOHLENBERGARBEITER Conrad Felixmüller (1897 Dresden - 1977 Berlin)
KOHLENBERGARBEITER

Color lithograph. 1920.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Felixmüller 20., inscribed lower left Farbenprobe Farbige Lithographie and titled in the center Kohlenbergarbeiter. One of a very few handcolored impressions before the completion of the stone. According to Sohn (Felixmuller) of the planned edition of 30 only about 10 were printed. With extensive rework in colored chalks around neck and shoulders indicating the alteration in the stone of the final state (Sohn 210 B). A superb proof, the colors extraordinarily fresh, on smooth, yellowish wove paper. One of the artist's major prints, exceedingly rare.
Provenance: Private collection, Nordrhein Westfalen
Reference: Söhn 210 A
Size: 588 x 429 mm
ZWEI MÄDCHEN - HALBAKTE (RUSSISCHES MÄDCHENPAAR) Otto Mueller (1874 Liebau - 1930 Breslau)
ZWEI MÄDCHEN - HALBAKTE (RUSSISCHES MÄDCHENPAAR)

Lithograph. 1920.
Signed in pencil with the monogram lower right. One of circa 60 monogrammed impressions (another 30 were printed on Japan). According to Karsch, the edition printed on different, mostly laid papers. Our impression on lightly hammered, chamois laid paper. A brilliant, strong impression with good contrasts.
Reference: Karsch 121 b (of c)
Size: 433 x 337 mm (530 x 430 mm)
ZWIESPRACHE Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
ZWIESPRACHE

Color woodcut. 1920.
Signed in pencil lower right HMPechstein and dated 1920. Excellent impression on laid paper, with full margins, with the blindstamp of the Euphorion-Verlag in the lower right corner. The colors strong and fresh.
Reference: Krüger H 228
Size: 409 x 320 mm (533 x 407 mm)
DIE HEILIGE VOM INNERN LICHT (HEILIGE) Paul Klee (1879 Münchenbuchsee bei Bern – Muralto/Locarno 1940)
DIE HEILIGE VOM INNERN LICHT (HEILIGE)

Color lithograph. 1921.
Signed in pencil Klee at the center below the image and dated with the work number 1922/122. From the edition of 100 impressions on chamois thick wove paper. Published as plate 5 in the portfolio Bauhaus-Drucke. Neue Europäische Graphik. Erste Mappe. Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar, Weimar 1921, a series of 14 lithographs. The colors fresh.
Reference: Kornfeld 81 III B b (of C)
Size: 309 x 175 mm (381 x 247 mm)
FÜNF GELBE AKTE AM WASSER Otto Mueller (1874 Liebau - 1930 Breslau)
FÜNF GELBE AKTE AM WASSER

Color lithograph. 1921.
Monogrammed in pencil lower right O. M.. One of circa 100 monogrammed impressions, on lightly hammered yellowish laid paper. Karsch records about 55 further impressions fully signed. One of the artist´s major prints, a strong impression with rich colors, printed from three stones in black, yellow and cobalt blue.
Reference: Karsch 156 c
Size: 332 x 442 mm (426/427 x 529/531 mm)
SELBSTBILDNIS Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York, NY)
SELBSTBILDNIS

Woodcut. 1922.
Signed in pencil lower right Beckmann, numbered lower left 22/60, on chamois laid paper. From the total edition of 200 impressions (75 on Japan, 125 on laid paper), of which some were numbered by Günther Franke to x/60 (from the edition on laid paper). A fine impression of the final state, with full margins.
Reference: Hofmaier 226 III B f
Size: 220 x 152 mm (529 x 414 mm)
ANTWERPEN Otto Dix (1891 Untermhaus/Gera - 1969 Singen)
ANTWERPEN

Drypoint. 1922.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Dix 22', numbered lower left 18/50, inscribed Kaltnadel and titled Antwerpen. Originally published as plate 5 from Radierwerk III., Dresdner Verlag, February 1922, 11. Mappe der graphischen Reihe. Brilliant impression, printed with subtle plate tone, on wove paper, with full margins.
Reference: Karsch 21 II
Size: 351 x 313 mm (496 x 433 mm)
DIE HEXE MIT DEM KAMM Paul Klee (1879 Münchenbuchsee bei Bern – 1940 Muralto/Locarno)
DIE HEXE MIT DEM KAMM

Lithograph. 1922.
Signed in pencil Klee at the center below the image. In the stone monogrammed, titled, inscribed and dated with the work number 1922/101. From the edition of 200 on chamois simili Japan. Published in the portfolio Künstlerspende für das Deutsche Buchmuseum, Leipzig 1922. With the full margins.
Reference: Kornfeld 86 B b
Size: 310 x 212 mm (400/405 x 201 mm)
DREI MÄDCHEN VOR DEM SPIEGEL Otto Mueller (1874 Liebau - 1930 Breslau)
DREI MÄDCHEN VOR DEM SPIEGEL

Lithograph.Circa 1922.
Signed in pencil lower right Otto Mueller. Superb, black impression on thick smooth paper, aside from the numbered edition of 50.
Reference: Karsch 124
Size: 352 x 255 mm (438 x 329 mm)
BRANDUNG Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
BRANDUNG

Line and tonal etching. 1922.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde and inscribed lower left sheet edge Schwimmerin. A fine impression of this rare print. On thick chamois wove paper. From the edition of 17 in the second state (plus five impressions in state I and fifteen in state III).
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel R 213 II (of III)
Size: 325 x 248 mm (630 x 445/449 mm)
KASBEK Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York, NY)
KASBEK

Drypoint. 1923.
Signed in pencil lower right Beckmann and numbered lower left 5/30. From at least 30 signed impressions, of which probably in 1928 some were numbered by Günther Franke to x/30. A brilliant, velvety impression, on laid paper with watermark BSB. Kasbek is the name of one of Georgias highest mountain peaks. Here, in the Berlin of the 1920s, it featured as the name of a night-club run and frequented by Russian émigrés.
Reference: Hofmaier 281 B b
Size: 493 x 213 mm (656 x 357 mm)
SEILTÄNZER Paul Klee (1879 Münchenbuchsee bei Bern - 1940 Muralto/Locarno)
SEILTÄNZER

Color lithograph. 1923.
Signed in pencil lower right Klee, dated lower left 1923, inscribed with the work number 138 and titled Seiltänzer. From the edition of 220 impressions on laid paper, watermarked BSB (aside 80 impressions on Japan). Published in the portfolio Kunst und Gegenwart, Munich, R. Piper & Co., 1923, with the blindstamp in the lower right corner. The colors extremely fresh and strong.
Reference: Kornfeld 95 IV B b (of C)
Size: 441 x 269 mm (518 x 355 mm)
TÄNZERIN IM SPIEGEL Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
TÄNZERIN IM SPIEGEL

Color lithograph. 1923.
Signed in pencil lower right and numbered lower left 26/51. From an edition of 51 published by the Euphorion Verlag. A rich black and partly grainy impression. The color blocks printed particularly vivid and partially enhanced with watercolor. Superb impression with full margins, the colors extremely fresh. On firm wove paper.
Reference: Krüger H 295
Size: 497 x 400 mm (760 x 536 mm)


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