Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 1782

 
Walter Schnackenberg - Ballett u. Pantomime. 1920


1782
Walter Schnackenberg
Ballett u. Pantomime. 1920
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 10,320 / $ 11,145

(incl. surcharge)
Schnackenberg, W., Ballett und Pantomime. Series of 22 coloured costume plates. Munich, G. Müller 1920. Loose plates in orig. half cloth portfolio with mounted illustration on front board as well as title in green. Large folio. 7 pp. (accompanying text)
Lipperheide Ua 126. - Derra de Moroda 2270. - Only edition. - 1 of 850 copies. - With a preface by Alexander von Gleichen-Russwurm at the beginning. Rare in this completeness, decorative collection of costume and figurine drawings by Schnackenberg, among them: Der Paradiesvogel, Die Nacht, Tschaikiun I, Scherzo I, Der gute Zauberer, Der böse Zauberer, Primula vera, Bingha, Maskerade, Harlekin, Die Negerfürstin, Spukgesalt, Grille, Der tanzende Gott, Scherzo II, Puderquaste, Tschaikiun II, Orientalische Tänzerin, Der Vogelfänger, Colombine, Walzer sowie Groteske. The title illustration Groteske (variant of l. 22) signed on the plate. All plates in heliotype, size up to ca. 30 : 22 cm, with watercolours in brilliant colours and mostly heightened with gold and silver; each mounted on white boards in a size of ca. 50 : 40 cm.
- Portfolio browned and with slight traces of use. Plates clean and well-preserved.




1782
Walter Schnackenberg
Ballett u. Pantomime. 1920
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 10,320 / $ 11,145

(incl. surcharge)