Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 258

Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000

LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN MÜNCHEN. 1912.

46½x33 inches, 118x83¾ cm. [G. Schuh & Cie., Munich].
Condition B+: margins trimmed off; minor abrasions and restoration at edges; minor abrasions in image. Framed.

Animals were a continual source of inspiration for Hohlwein, and he drew them with an ease and deftness born of respect. In 1912, he had three commissions for zoos almost simultaneously; he designed two for the Munich Zoo, and one for the Nuremberg Zoo depicting a zebra and a parrot. Of them all, this panther and leopard design is one of his most famous and enduring images. It was reissued with new colors and composition in 1914, promoting a festival at the Zoo (DFP-III1476), and then reprinted in 1965. Against a patterned brown background, the solid mass of the black panther, with a subtle and sophisticated green outline, makes the leopard stand out starkly. The image of the leopard is a virtuosic composition rarely equaled in graphic art.

With - separate name plate that reads "Bought by Arthur Richmond Taber, '17 at Munich in 1912 Presented by his Parents to Ivy Club in February 1920. This is the version without text, which is usually printed in either three or four lines.

Hohlwein / Stuttgart 68, Hohlwein 123 (var), Frenzel pl. 17, Wember 421, DFP-III 1408, Miroir 57, The Poster 103.
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