An Alle Künstler! (To All Artists!)
Berlin: Printed by Willi Simon, 1919. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 47 (1)pp. Original tan wraps with Pechstein woodcut in red and black and black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Title page with black double frame and publisher's device.
An artistic manifesto with literary contributions by a number of famous artist, incl. Johannes R. Becher (Introduction), Ludwig Meidner (Call to Socialism), Bernhard Kellermann, Max Pechstein (What We Want), Walter Hasenclever, Kurt Eisner (The Socialistic State and the Artist), Konrad Haenisch (The Art Program of the Prussian Government), Kurt Erich Meurer (Socialism and Artist) and Paul Zech. Illustrated by Max Pechstein (cover), and five full page b/w illustrations by Cesar Klein, Richter - Berlin, Lyonel Feininger, Milly Steger and Georg Tappert, all rendered lithographically. Text in German. Minor wear with half an inch sunned strip at top of back cover. Very good+ condition. Item #54783
Price: $650.00