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Historia Auktionshaus

8086 - Rolf Nesch (1893–1975), “Street,” an extremely rare metal embossed print from the significant “Snow Series,” which Nesch created in 1934 shortly after emigrating to Norway. Metal print in black on heavy van Gelder Zonen laid paper; proof, unsigned; Helliesen and Sørensen mention in their catalog raisonné 6 known prints plus an unknown small number of proofs. On the reverse, traces of the working process with black fingerprints; slight signs of aging; the edge has been slightly restored. Rolf Nesch is regarded as one of the most significant innovators in 20th-century printmaking due to his groundbreaking invention of metal printing; this technique revolutionized the traditional understanding of etching and intaglio by dissolving the boundary between two-dimensional printmaking and three-dimensional relief. Plate dimensions 43 x 58 cm, sheet dimensions 51.5 x 65 cm

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€1,500

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Rolf Nesch (1893–1975), “Street,” an extremely rare metal embossed print from the significant “Snow Series,” which Nesch created in 1934 shortly after emigrating to Norway. Metal print in black on heavy van Gelder Zonen laid paper; proof, unsigned; Helliesen and Sørensen mention in their catalog raisonné 6 known prints plus an unknown small number of proofs. On the reverse, traces of the working process with black fingerprints; slight signs of aging; the edge has been slightly restored. Rolf Nesch is regarded as one of the most significant innovators in 20th-century printmaking due to his groundbreaking invention of metal printing; this technique revolutionized the traditional understanding of etching and intaglio by dissolving the boundary between two-dimensional printmaking and three-dimensional relief. Plate dimensions 43 x 58 cm, sheet dimensions 51.5 x 65 cm

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Auction details

182nd Auction—Paintings and Graphic Art, 19th–20th Century, Part II; Contemporary Art
Wednesday, November 11
10:00 AM
Manteuffelstraße 27
12103 Berlin, Germany

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