2385 - Schnackenberg, Walter (attributed). Melchior (from the altar cycle “Holy Legends”). Drawing in red chalk and sepia on brown paper. Mounted on a loosely attached remnant of an old mat with a handwritten label and signature (?) in pencil. Probably from the 1920s. Sheet dimensions: 66 x 42 cm. Mat dimensions: 76 x 52.5 cm.

Schnackenberg, Walter (attributed). Melchior (from the altar cycle “Holy Legends”). Drawing in red chalk and sepia on brown paper. Mounted on a loosely attached remnant of an old mat with a handwritten label and signature (?) in pencil. Probably from the 1920s. Sheet dimensions: 66 x 42 cm. Mat dimensions: 76 x 52.5 cm. Nude depiction likely by Walter Schnackenberg (1880–1961), one of the most successful poster artists of the Weimar Republic. "The ‘Toulouse-Lautrec of Munich’ was also in high demand as a set and costume designer, illustrator, satirist, and freelance artist. In 1944, his Munich studio was destroyed in a bombing raid, resulting in the loss of a large portion of his body of work to date. - The lower part of the sheet was detached and professionally reattached; therefore, there are traces of mounting on the reverse. The sheet is mounted all around under a mat, slightly browned and rubbed. *