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Lot 189: Seiwert, Franz W.Cologne 1894 - 1933 Erkenntnis der Welt treibt zur Änderung der Welt.

Est: €3,000 EUR - €4,000 EURSold:
Van Ham KunstauktionenKöln (Cologne), GermanyDecember 02, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Seiwert, Franz W.
Cologne 1894 - 1933

Erkenntnis der Welt treibt zur Änderung der Welt.
Around 1924. Linocut on tracing paper. 16,5 x 8,2cm (19,5 x ca. 11,4cm). Signed: "F.W.Seiwert".
On the mat a dedication: "für Hetty Schuler, Franz Seiwert". The present work is the only known print and has been handed down as an illustration of the artist's essay "Die Kultur und das Proletariat". - Edges unevely trimmed. Sheet slightly unfresh. On verso mounted on the corners.

Provenance:
Estate Schuler/Esser

Literature:
Uli Bohnen, Franz W. Seiwert, 1994-1933, Leben und Werk, Braunschweig 1978, Cat.rais.-no. 315, with ill.
Franz Martin Esser, Die Gruppe "Kölner Progressive" und ihr künstlerisches Umfeld (1920 -
1933), Weimar 2008, ill. no. 6.
Die proletarische Revolution - Organ der AAUE, 2nd year, Frankfurt/M., August 1927, no. 16
with ill.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Modern & Contemporary Art

by
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
December 02, 2010, 10:00 AM CET

Hitzelerstr. 2, Köln (Cologne), NRW, 50968, DE