Sale: 404 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, April 20. 2013 in Munich Lot 653

 

653
HAP Grieshaber
Totentanz von Basel, 1966.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,480
Sold:
€ 5,500 / $ 5,940

(incl. surcharge)
Totentanz von Basel. 1966.
Book with 40 Woodcut in colors, text sheets and title leaf in woodcut, published by VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden.
Fürst 66/1-66/40 c (of e). Differing from informatin in Fürs, every woodcut in colors signed. One of a few signed copies from an edition of 3.333. On paper. Each 45 x 35 cm (17,7 x 13,7 in), the full sheet.
Bound as book. The complete set. Grieshaber's "Totentanz von Basel", without any doubt, is the most successful woodcut series in Germany after WWII. [KP].




653
HAP Grieshaber
Totentanz von Basel, 1966.
Woodcut in colors
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,480
Sold:
€ 5,500 / $ 5,940

(incl. surcharge)