Hunger 7 Originallithographien. Gesamterlös für die Hungerhilfe. Künstlerhilfe für die Internationale Arbeiterhilfe. (Hunger 7 Original Lithographs. Revenues go to Hunger Relief. Artist Relief for the International Workers Relief)
Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, 1924. Fifth edition. Loose leaf. Folio (13 5/8 x 9 3/4"). (1) 7 plates. Original umber stiff textured wraps portfolio with red lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Proceeds from the sale of the portfolios went to the Hunger Help (Hungerhilfe) and to the International Workers Relief (Arbeiterhilfe). Published on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the beginning of W.W.I.
The title page anounces seven original lithographs by Otto Dix, George Grosz, Eric Johansson, Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Nagel, Karl Völker and Heinrich Zille, signed in plates. Contrary to the description on the title page the artwork in this portfolio was reproduced in offset-lithography, not printed from the original stones. One of two portfolios produced by Willi Münzenberg, the founder of the "International Workers Relief" in 1921, the other portfolio being "Krieg."
Starting as a Social Democrat at the age of seventeen, Münzenberg met Lenin in Switzerland soon after and became an ardent follower of his. Münzenberg was the first head of the Young Communist International from 1919–1920 and one of the founding members of the German Communist Party (KPD).
Text in German. Portfolio with very light wear along edges and upper flap with six inch closed tear, attached. Title page and three of the lithographs with narrow 1/8" folds at the lower left half, not affecting images. Kollwitz plate with pencil notations in margins, not affecting image. Very good condition. Item #48260
Price: $1,500.00