May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
KARL VON APPEN (1900-1981) BERLINER ENSEMBLE / 3 GROSCHEN OPER. 1959.
46 1/2x33 1/4 inches, 118x85 cm. Graphische Werkstatten, Berlin.
Conditon B+: repaired tears in margins and image.
Imprisoned as a communist during World War II, von Appen became Art Director at the Dreseden Theatre right after the war. In 1954 Bertolt Brecht chose him to work at the Berliner Ensemble, where von Appen stayed until his retirement.