Jun 13, 2017 - Sale 2451

Sale 2451 - Lot 98

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM.) Hasemann, Arminius. Der Zirkus. Title-page vignette and 20 woodcut plates by Hasemann, all signed in pencil, lower right, woodcut remarques lower left, pulled by Otto von Holten on van Gelder Bütten in Berlin. 400x298 mm; 15 3/4x11 3/4 inches, full margins, loose as issued in original cloth-backed board portfolio. Folio, introductory text and plates loose as issued in publisher's brown board portfolio with one plate image reproduced on front cover, moderate wear. Berlin & Leipzig: B.Behr / Feddersen, 1920

Additional Details

number 103 of 120 copies signed by hasemann. These dark and dramatic plates, often with an erotic tinge, explore the underbelly of the circus. Toole Stott 3555.