Wasmuths Kunsthefte. Junge Berliner Kunst (Heft 6)
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, nd (1919). First edition. Softcover. Sm. folio. Tan wraps illustrated with original green & black lithograph by Adolph Köglsperger. No. 6 of Wasmuth's Kunsthefte, illustrated with 13 original full-page b/w lithographs by Berlin artists Kurt Badt, Ernst Fritsch, Arthur Grunenburg, Franz Heckendorf, Willy Jäckel, Adolph Köglsperger, Wilhelm Kohlhoff, Bruno Krauskopf, Erika M. Künzig, Ludwig Meidner, Max Pechstein, Martel Schwichtenberg, and Erich Waske. Includes two-page foreword and two-pages with short biographies of artists. Waske, Heckendorf, Kohlhoff, Krauskopf, and Jäckel were members of the famous "Berliner Secession" (Berlin Secession). Text in German. Originally wraps were bound with two strings, of which one is broken and the other missing. Age wear, staining, creasing and sunning on wraps. Majority of spine torn and chipped, tiny closed tear on top edge of front wrapper. Bottom corner bumped slightly affecting pages throughout. Some age toning to outer edges of lithographs. Wraps in fair, interior in overall good+ condition. Captivating lithographs by some of the leading artists of German expressionism. f to g+. Item #32501
List of lithographs:
1) Kurt Badt, Selbsbildnis
2) Ernst Fritsch, Haus vor der Sonne
3) Arthur Grunenberg, Scheherazade
4) Franz Heckendorf, Orientalische Landschaft
5) Willy Jäckel, Weiblicher Akt
6) Adolph Köglsperger, Hohe Stunde
7) Wilhelm Kohlhoff, Der Blinde
8) Bruno Krauskopf, Portraitstudie
9) Erika M. Künzig, Die Muttergottes mit den Rehen
10) Ludwig Meidner, Vision des Apostel Paulus
11) Max Pechstein, Fischer an der Ostsee
12) Martel Schwichtenberg, Nachtphantasie
13) Erich Waske, Rheinlandschaft bei Godesberg.
Price: $450.00