Otto Nuckel

Solneman der Unsichtbare - Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Nuckel - 1914

1914

Die sage von Sankt Julian dem Gastfreien is an original modern rare book written by Gustave Flaubert and illustrated by Max Kaus (1891 - 1977) in 1919. Original First Edition / Seco...

Münchausen is an original Rare Book written by Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) and illustrated by Karl Rössing in 1920. Original Edition. Published by Hyperion Verlag, Munchen. Format: in 8°. The dimensions and the weight are indicative. The book includes 185 pages with 27 woodcuts. Good conditions. The book has been engraved by Karl Rössing who was an Austrian artist who was born in 1897. The book has been written by Rudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 - 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue". He is best known for his collection of tall tales The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen...

Linocut on vélin vergé ancien paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Pougny, dix linogravures originales, 1964. Published by Au Vent d'Arle...

Marcus Behmer (German, 1879 – 1958) Die Geravbte orchidee (The robbed orchid), 1903 Signed ‘Marcus Behmer’ (lower right in pencil) Lithograph on paper 16.1/8 x 12in. (40.8 x 30.5cm.) It is apparent Behmer is influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, though this work is no less beautiful in its execution. Little is known regarding his connections to Oscar Wilde though he is obviously an admirer and has many similarities with his private life and incarceration in prison. These works were a personal gift to Baron Detlev von Hadeln, the aristocrat and prominent art historian of the age. Behmer is known to be, since 1903, a member in the first ever homosexual organization in Berlin and was thus probably a part of Adolf Brand’s circle, and may have contributed to Brand’s publication Der Eigene. Until now, few know that Behmer was sentenced in April 1937 by a court in Konstanz to imprisonment for two years, being arrested in Freiburg and at other locations in southern Germany for being a homosexual. At times he was given the opportunity to work as an artist in prison. The works produced in this period are mostly calligraphic designed tablets with Greek text (prayers and Bible quotes...