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MARCKS, Gerhard(1889 Berlin - 1981 Burgbrohl)
Artist portfolio "Orpheus"
9 woodcuts on laid paper. Each with pencil signature. 1947/48. 1 of 150 copies.
Original folder: 49.5 x 41.5 cm.
Portfolio work with 8 of 10 woodcuts on the verses of Ovid (including title page from 2 printing blocks), plus accompanying booklet in thread stitching (34.5 x 23.5 cm) with text in Latin and German and signed woodcut on the title page, somewhat soiled, pencil marks; original wing folder with title woodcut. It lacks: "Singing Orpheus", each with small holes in the corners by pin attachment, some foxing and traces of grip, folder with traces of use, slightly damaged.
German sculptor and graphic artist, 1919 to 1924 teacher at the State Bauhaus in Weimar, from 1925 head of the sculpture class at the art school Burg Giebichenstein Halle, defamed under National Socialist dictatorship as "degenerate". His artistic estate is administered in the Gerhard-Marcks-Haus Bremen: www.marcks.de.
Limit 20 €
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• Calling time: 27. | Oct 2022 | approximately 10:57 uhr
• Calling time: 27. | Oct 2022 | approximately 10:57 uhr
Hammer price 550.00 €
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