May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
ORIGINAL EXHIBITION 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, creasing and soiling, paper repairs and restoration to spine and portions of covers.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 amd 12,000 pieces of graphic art works were seized from galleries and museums. In 1938, several pieces were auctioned to raise money for the Reich; most were publicly burned. Berlin: Verlag für Kultur- und Wirtschaftswerbung, (1936)
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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 amd 12,000 pieces of graphic art works were seized from galleries and museums. In 1938, several pieces were auctioned to raise money for the Reich; most were publicly burned. with--Behne. Entartete Kunst. Illustrated. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers. First Edition. Berlin: Habel, 1947.