May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
TOMMI PARZINGER (1903-1981) HOCHBURG DES PRINZEN / KARNEVAL. Circa 1925.
70 1/4x32 3/4 inches, 178 1/2x83 1/4 cm. Kunst im Druck, Munich.
Condition B: losses, restored losses and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image. Two-sheets. Framed.
A lithe, androgynous harlequin with a narcotically-calm, trance-like smile, is in the throes of a performance, guiding puppets of dancing girls and tuxedoed gentlemen. A decadent image, accomplished in a 1920s mannerist style, which fits in well with other visions of Munich nightlife, such as those depicted by Schnackenberg (see previous lot).