- Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder

auction 383, Lot 211

Fine Art and Antiques

on 20 March 2019

 

Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder

estimate:
€ 10.000 to € 12.000

Differenzbesteuerung    

result:
€ 107.950 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

Heinrich Zille

Informal stories and pictures

 

Lithographs by H. Zille. The New Picture Books, series II. Berlin (published by Fritz Gurlitt) 1919. Cover 40.4 x 30 cm. 49 lithographs, of which 3 vignettes, 3 text sheets. 13 lithographs coloured by hand, 21 sheets signed by hand. Tie slightly loosened. Endpaper foxed, title page with light foxing, the first two sheets slightly stained or time-stained. Original vellum. Minor signs of wear.

Provenance: From the estate of Ludwig Klitzsch (1881 Halle/Saale - 1954 Bad Wiessee), publicist and from 1927, Director General of the UFA in Babelsberg.