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Siegfried Schott
'Theater' — 1920s German Expressionism

c. 1921

$1,500
£1,136.68
€1,324.85
CA$2,144.15
A$2,171
CHF 1,235.08
MX$26,384.49
NOK 14,599.23
SEK 14,522.53
DKK 9,903.59

About the Item

A German Expressionist woodcut, with original hand-coloring in watercolor, depicting a parent and child watching a theatrical production; c. 1921, edition c. 200. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Published in 'Kundung: Eine Zeitschrift fur Kunst', a deluxe art review which featured expressionist works. The publication was edited by Rosa Schapire and Wilhelm Niemeyer, both art historians, and designed by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who also contributed several woodcuts. Rosa Schapire, a close friend of Schmidt-Rottluff, produced the standard catalogue raisonné of his prints. Siegfried Schott created 6 woodcuts for this 'Magazine for Art'—'Theater' is considered his masterpiece. Illustrated in 'German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, Catalogue of the Collection', Bruce Davis, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Prestel, 1989: page 688. Impressions of this work are in the museum collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
  • Creator:
    Siegfried Schott (1897 - 1971)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1921
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.75 in (29.85 cm)Width: 9.625 in (24.45 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Annotated in pencil at the bottom sheet edge: artist, title, date and publisher.
  • Gallery Location:
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 993741stDibs: LU53233408681

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