Mappe: "Das Graphische Werk - 33 Arbeiten". 1942/1949.
Together 33 ll.Drypoints.
1, 3 - 4, 7, 9 - 26, 28 - 30, 32 - 35, 50 - 51. With the inscribed estate stamp (32 ll), there numbered. From an edition of 50 copies, one sheet without information on the edition. On wove paper, some on BFK Rives (with watermark). Size of sheets: 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in).
32 sheet from "Das Graphische Werk" and the sheet "Große Raupe" from the catalog "Geh durch den Spiegel 4", 1955, published on occasion of Wols' first exhibition in Germany. All sheets from a posthumous edition. [EH].
• Incomparable insight into Wols' creation.
• Wols is considered a forefather of Informalism.
• Other copies are in the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Graphische Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.

We are grateful to Prof.Dr. Ralf Busch for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Belgium.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1988).

Of the 52 drypoint etchings printed during the artist's lifetime, Gréty Wols had 3 small editions of 6 (1954, 35 ll. on arches), 10 (1955, 32 ll. on BFK Rives) and 50 (1965, 33 ll. on BFK Rives) printed between 1954 and 1966. They served as an overview of his graphic creation. Additionally, Gréty Wols permitted additional prints on Japon that cone without an edition stamp. Sheets from this series are at the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the suites are at the Graphischen Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and the Karl Ströher Collection

In good condition. The sheet "Große Raupe" (1955) a little wrinkled in the broad margins.