Sale: 22 / Online Sale, April 15. 2024 → Lot 124000107
124000107
Rudolf Schlichter
Zwischenwelt, 1929.
Pencil
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,420 Sold:
€ 3,429 / $ 3,909 (incl. surcharge)
124000107
Rudolf Schlichter
Zwischenwelt, 1929.
Pencil
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,420 Sold:
€ 3,429 / $ 3,909 (incl. surcharge)
Zwischenwelt. 1929.
Pencil- and color pen on firm paper.
Lower right signed and dated. Barely legibly inscribed "ZWISCHENWELT" in the upper margin . 63.5 x 40 cm (25 x 15.7 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• Preliminary drawing for the cover of the artist's first book publication (Zwischenwelt. Ein Intermezzo, Berlin 1931).
• The autobiographical text of "Zwischenwelt" deals with his relationship with Speedy, his indispensable muse, dominatrix and wife.
• From the mid-1920s, the artist's unmistakable style, clear lines and erotic motifs made him one of the main representatives of New Objectivity in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: On the publication "Zwischenwelt. Ein Intermezzo" cf.: Dirk Heißerer, Rudolf Schlichter. Bibliographie, Flein bei Heilbronn 1998, p. 7, no. A 1 (illu. in black and white on p. 6).
Good overall impression. Mount staining and overall with foxing and tiny to isolated larger brown spots. Few handling marks, as well as with a tiny marginal tear in upper right (ca. 0.5 cm).
Pencil- and color pen on firm paper.
Lower right signed and dated. Barely legibly inscribed "ZWISCHENWELT" in the upper margin . 63.5 x 40 cm (25 x 15.7 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• Preliminary drawing for the cover of the artist's first book publication (Zwischenwelt. Ein Intermezzo, Berlin 1931).
• The autobiographical text of "Zwischenwelt" deals with his relationship with Speedy, his indispensable muse, dominatrix and wife.
• From the mid-1920s, the artist's unmistakable style, clear lines and erotic motifs made him one of the main representatives of New Objectivity in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: On the publication "Zwischenwelt. Ein Intermezzo" cf.: Dirk Heißerer, Rudolf Schlichter. Bibliographie, Flein bei Heilbronn 1998, p. 7, no. A 1 (illu. in black and white on p. 6).
Good overall impression. Mount staining and overall with foxing and tiny to isolated larger brown spots. Few handling marks, as well as with a tiny marginal tear in upper right (ca. 0.5 cm).
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