Description
Brockmann, Gottfried. Intellectuals. Picture sheet of the time. 12 drypoints on laid paper. Each signed and with sheet number. Copy: 11/20. 1927/1963. motif dimensions: 29 x 22.5 cm. Sheet dimensions: 52.5 x 39.5 cm. With the 12 original etching plates from 1927 - The etchings in typographically marked folders, the plates in covers and the loose title page with handwritten numbering in a dark green linen case with mounted spine label. - Printed at the Muthesius Werkschule in Kiel, 1963 - First hand-signed edition for the artist's 60th birthday. - Gottfried Brockmann (1903-1983) was a master student of Heinrich Campendonk at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1928 and took part in the annual exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund in Cologne in 1929. Brockmann was chairman of the Rhenish Secession and, after the National Socialists seized power in 1933, campaigned against fascist and anti-Semitic propaganda and the dismissal of the director of the Düsseldorf Academy. Brockmann then fled to Berlin because of the repression that followed. In 1937, prints by Brockmann were destroyed as part of the "Degenerate Art" campaign. Between 1943 and 1945, Brockmann served in the army and was taken prisoner of war by the Americans until 1946. In 1948, he was a member of the artists' group "Gruppe der Progressiven 1948". From 1955 Brockmann taught at the Muthesius Werkschule in Kiel. - The etchings minimally browned and a few sheets with scattered foxing, slight creases or somewhat handling marks, the plates in good condition, the linen case somewhat rubbed, minimally stained and scratched. VAT: #
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Brockmann, Gottfried. Intellectuals. Picture sheet of the time. 12 drypoints on laid paper. Each signed and with sheet number. Copy: 11/20. 1927/1963. motif dimensions: 29 x 22.5 cm. Sheet dimensions: 52.5 x 39.5 cm. With the 12 original etching plates from 1927 - The etchings in typographically marked folders, the plates in covers and the loose title page with handwritten numbering in a dark green linen case with mounted spine label. - Printed at the Muthesius Werkschule in Kiel, 1963 - First hand-signed edition for the artist's 60th birthday. - Gottfried Brockmann (1903-1983) was a master student of Heinrich Campendonk at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1928 and took part in the annual exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund in Cologne in 1929. Brockmann was chairman of the Rhenish Secession and, after the National Socialists seized power in 1933, campaigned against fascist and anti-Semitic propaganda and the dismissal of the director of the Düsseldorf Academy. Brockmann then fled to Berlin because of the repression that followed. In 1937, prints by Brockmann were destroyed as part of the "Degenerate Art" campaign. Between 1943 and 1945, Brockmann served in the army and was taken prisoner of war by the Americans until 1946. In 1948, he was a member of the artists' group "Gruppe der Progressiven 1948". From 1955 Brockmann taught at the Muthesius Werkschule in Kiel. - The etchings minimally browned and a few sheets with scattered foxing, slight creases or somewhat handling marks, the plates in good condition, the linen case somewhat rubbed, minimally stained and scratched. VAT: #
