Lot 277 
Raumbeispiel
277
Rolf Nesch
Freihafenbrücke II, 1932.
Etching with aquatint and drypoint
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,950 Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 45,923 (incl. surcharge)
Freihafenbrücke II. 1932.
Etching with aquatint and drypoint.
Signed, titled, and inscribed “Selbstdruck” (self-printed). One of at least 8 copies. On firm, brownish wove paper. 59.4 x 44.7 cm (23.3 x 17.5 in). Sheet: 67,7 x 49,8 cm (26,6 x 19,6 in).
From the series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges), which was first exhibited at the Commeter Gallery in Hamburg in October 1932. [AW].
• The series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges) is considered a key work within Nesch's technically innovative graphic art, it was the first time he used his new metal printing technique.
• Rare deep black, high-contrast print.
• Another copy of this edition is in the collection of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlungen, Basel.
• From 1919, Nesch studied in Dresden under Oskar Kokoschka and visited Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Davos in 1924, which had a lasting influence on his technique and style.
• In autumn 2025, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart shows the major exhibition “Prägungen und Entfaltungen” (Imprints and Developments), featuring graphic works by, among others, Rolf Nesch.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (probably acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Sidsel Helliesen, Bodil Sørensen, Rolf Nesch. The Complete Graphic Works, Milan 2009, catalogue raisonné no. 466.
Etching with aquatint and drypoint.
Signed, titled, and inscribed “Selbstdruck” (self-printed). One of at least 8 copies. On firm, brownish wove paper. 59.4 x 44.7 cm (23.3 x 17.5 in). Sheet: 67,7 x 49,8 cm (26,6 x 19,6 in).
From the series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges), which was first exhibited at the Commeter Gallery in Hamburg in October 1932. [AW].
• The series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges) is considered a key work within Nesch's technically innovative graphic art, it was the first time he used his new metal printing technique.
• Rare deep black, high-contrast print.
• Another copy of this edition is in the collection of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlungen, Basel.
• From 1919, Nesch studied in Dresden under Oskar Kokoschka and visited Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Davos in 1924, which had a lasting influence on his technique and style.
• In autumn 2025, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart shows the major exhibition “Prägungen und Entfaltungen” (Imprints and Developments), featuring graphic works by, among others, Rolf Nesch.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (probably acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Sidsel Helliesen, Bodil Sørensen, Rolf Nesch. The Complete Graphic Works, Milan 2009, catalogue raisonné no. 466.
277
Rolf Nesch
Freihafenbrücke II, 1932.
Etching with aquatint and drypoint
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,950 Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 45,923 (incl. surcharge)
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