Akrobaten I, II and III (Krüger H135-137)

细节

Hermann Max Pechstein
Akrobaten I, II and III (Krüger H135-137)
the rare complete set of three woodcuts with handcolouring, 1912, on cream wove paper, all signed and dated in pencil Pechstein 1912, titled Akrobaten in pencil in the lower left sheet corner, plates I and III inscribed with the edition number III, plate II with the edition number I, from the edition of only ten handcoloured impressions for Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, with wide margins, slightly irregularly cut yet presumably the full sheets, plate III with a 15 mm. tear at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
B. 268 x 200 mm., S. 570 x 418 mm.
B. 200 x 268 mm., S. 417 x 558 mm.
B. 217 x 267 mm., S. 417 x 554 mm. (3)

来源

Acquired directly from the artist by Hermann Münchhausen, Ratzeburg and Berlin.
Then by descent to the present owners.

注意事项

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

荣誉呈献

Charlie Scott

查阅状况报告或联络我们查询更多拍品资料

cscott@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2261

登入

浏览状况报告

拍品专文

Of this series, only plate III was published in the periodical Die Schaffenden in an edition of one hundred on laid paper and 25 on Japan paper in 1920. The present impressions are extremely rare examples from the early edition of ten only, printed for Fritz Gurlitt and subtly handcoloured in pale yellow, red and blue.
Pechstein must have applied the watercolour shortly after printing, when the black ink was still fresh, thereby smudging it slightly. The overall effect is that of a slightly smoky, dingy cabaret, with the stage bathed in limelight.