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Ex Libris Luise Trautmann - Etching - Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Ex Libris - M.G. Van Wees is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten in 1940. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the left corner, ex. 149/150 Good conditions. Mich...

Ex Libris  - Giorgio Balbi  is an Artwork realized  in Mid 20th Century. Etching. Good conditions.

Ex-Libris  - F. Stanka is an Artwork realized in Early 20th Century. Etching print on ivory paper.  The work is glued on colored cardboard. Total dimensions: 13.5x 19.5 cm. Good c...

Ex Libris - Edgar Mareuse is a Modern Artwork realized in 1920s, by Edgar Mareuse. Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21x 15 cm. ...

This is an etched rendition of a painting by Frank Dicksee. Harmony is one of the most well-known pictures by Dicksee, depicting a young man staring adoringly into the eyes of a girl...

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...

Ex libris Olav Tähe Paper, woodcut, 11x7cm

Medium: original etching. Published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer in 1904 for Kunst und Kunstler. The plate measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (140 x 185 mm). Not signed.