Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ORIGINAL CATALOGUE (ENTARTETE KUNST.) Kaiser, Fritz. Führer durch die Austellung Entartete Kunst . . . zusammengestellt von der Reichspropagandaleitung, Amtsleitung Kulture. Sie wird in den großeren Stäadten aller Gaue gezeicht werden. Reproductions. 8vo, original stapled pictorial wrappers, some light creasing, rubbing along spine with slight loss at ends and tips. Second Edition. Berlin: Verlag für Kultur- und Wirtschaftswerbung, (1936)

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The original catalogue for the famous exhibition of "degenerate art" mounted by the Third Reich, lambasting the works of Kokoschka, Kirchner, Grosz, Klee, and others accused of producing "poisonous art." Over 5,000 paintings and 12,000 works of graphic art were seized from galleries and museums. In 1938, several pieces were auctioned to raise money for the Reich; most were publicly burned.