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ART BASEL: A SELECTION OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS

basel 2007

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Akte im Atelier Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
AKTE IM ATELIER [NUDES IN STUDIO]

Drawing in charcoal. Circa 1909.
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 1930's on, was one of the most discerning and assiduous collectors of Kirchner's prints, drawings and watercolors.
His collection was dispersed in portions in 1947.
Size: 440 x 340 mm
MÄDCHEN MIT TURBAN Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
MÄDCHEN MIT TURBAN [GIRL WITH TURBAN]

Woodcut. 1911.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right E Heckel 11, inscribed on the lower left
sheet edge Der Turban Holzsch. A very fine impression with richly inked black areas,
printed with fine subtleties of the wood grain, 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)
WEBERGASSE IN DRESDEN Ludwig Meidner (1884 Bernstadt - 1966 Darmstadt)
WEBERGASSE IN DRESDEN [LANE IN DRESDEN]

Pen and brush and India ink and white gouache on paper. 1913.
Signed in pen and ink, dated and inscribed lower right L Meidner 1913 Dresden.
Published as plate 4 in Straßen und Cafés, a portfolio of eight heliotypes after drawings by Ludwig Meidner.
Published by Kunstanstalt Robert Claus, Dresden 1918.
Size: 420 x 280 mm (583 x 435 mm)
KNIENDE Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
KNIENDE [KNEELING]

Woodcut. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right.
A particularly fine, strong impression of one of the major prints from the important group of monumental woodcuts from 1914.
Hand-printed, on thick, soft wove paper.
Reference: Schapire 132
Size: 500 x 395 mm (705 x 558 mm)
DER RAUCHER (SELBSTBILDNIS) Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig - 1950 New York, NY)
DER RAUCHER (SELBSTBILDNIS) [THE SMOKER]

Drypoint. 1916.
Signed in pencil lower right. Titled in pencil lower left.
Proof before the edition of 20. On chamois Van Gelder Zonenlaid paper.
Hofmaier knows of only three other proof impressions.
Provenance: Private Collection, Amsterdam
Reference: Hofmaier 98 II A
Size: 173 x 125 mm (350 x 252 mm)
Size: 6-3/4 x 5 inches (13-3/4 x 10 inches)
NEGERTANZ George Grosz (1893 - 1959, Berlin)
NEGERTANZ [NEGRO DANCE]

Pen and ink drawing. 1917.
Titled by the artist in pen and ink Negert-tanz.
Signed in pencil Grosz and inscribed in the lower left sheet corner 117.Negertanz.
Signed again and inscribed lower right To Ernest Fiene to remember his friend George Grosz May 59.
On chamois wove paper.
Size: 278 x 203 mm
Size: 11 x 8 inches
MÄNNERBILDNIS Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
MÄNNERBILDNIS [PORTRAIT OF A MAN]

Color woodcut printed in blue, ochre and black. 1918.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 19.
Early, proof impression before the edition for I.B. Neumann.
On chamois PANNEKOEK laid paper.
Reference: Dube H 318 II (of III B)
Size: 462 x 327 mm (587 x 464 mm)
FLEISCHERLADEN Otto Dix (1891 Untermhaus/Gera - 1969 Singen)
FLEISCHERLADEN [BUTCHER SHOP]

Drypoint. 1920.
Signed in pencil lower right. Inscribed and numbered 8/10 lower left.
On sturdy paper. A splendid example with rich tones.
Reference: Karsch 7
Size: 295 x 258 mm (455 x 325 mm)
Size: 11-5/8 x 10-1/8 inches (18 x 12-3/4 inches)
PAAR AM TISCH Otto Mueller (1874 Liebau - 1930 Breslau)
PAAR AM TISCH [COUPLE AT TABLE]

Color lithograph. 1922/25.
Signed in pencil lower right and numbered lower left.
The colors particularly fresh.
Reference: Karsch 155 III b
Size: 385 x 293 mm (508 x 413 mm)
SEILTÄNZER Paul Klee (1879 Münchenbuchsee bei Bern - 1940 Muralto/Locarno)
SEILTÄNZER [TIGHT ROPE WALKER]

Color lithograph. 1923.
Signed in pencil lower right. Titled, dated and inscribed with the work number 138 lower left.
One of 220 examples on laid paper (there were also 80 examples on Japan).
The colors exceptionally fresh.
Reference: Kornfeld 95 IV B b (of c)
Size: 441 x 269 mm (518 x 355 mm)
GLOBETROTTER El Lissitzky (1890 Polschinok - 1941 Moskau)
GLOBETROTTER

Color lithograph. 1923.
Signed in pencil lower left El Lissitzky.
Plate 5 from the series of ten color lithographs Die Plastische Gestaltung der elektromechanischen Schau 'Sieg über die Sonne'
(The Sculptural Production of the Electromechanical Show 'Victory over the Sun')', published in 1923 by the artist.
One of 75 impressions on cream colored firm wove paper, with full margins, the colors fresh.
Literature: El Lissitzky, Maler, Architekt, Typograf, Fotograf, VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1976, ill. p. 59.
Size: 535 x 456 mm (359 x 256 mm)
LITHOGRAPHIE NO. III Wassily Kandinsky (1866 Moskau - 1944 Neuilly)
LITHOGRAPHIE NO. III

Lithograph. 1925.
Signed and dated within the stone.
Inscribed lower right Der verehrten, lieben Frau Mira Luhrs Herzlichst Kandinsky Dessau, 4 VI 26.
Dated, titled and numbered 19/50 in pencil lower left.
On wove paper with full margins.
Reference: Roethel 187
Size: 264 x 191 mm (462 x 336 mm)


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