56 - Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede. To Spring. Etchings. Berlin, Verlag der Insel, published by Schuster & Loeffler, 1899. Ten etchings. Loose sheets in an original half-parchment folder with illustrated cover paper and a label on the lid.

Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede. To Spring. Etchings. Berlin, Verlag der Insel, published by Schuster & Loeffler, 1899. Ten etchings. Loose sheets in an original half-parchment folder with illustrated cover paper and a label on the lid. Auction start time: approx. 12:32 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 100 copies on handmade paper (total print run of 200). - Printed by O. Felsing, Berlin. - The complete series in the original folder dated 1899. - The folder contains some of Vogeler’s best-known etchings: “The Lark” (self-portrait), “Spring Morning,” “Around Noon,” “Spring Flowers,” “Frog Bride,” “The Fisherman,” “Stork Over the Pond,” “Before the Workday Ends,” “The Blackbird,” and “March Night”—all monogrammed on the plate. - As early as 1895, Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942) produced test and state prints at the Barkenhoff using an etching press that the artists’ community had purchased from Otto Felsing. The final editions from the finished copper plates were then printed in his workshop in Berlin. - Also included: a postcard with a handwritten dedication, “With warm regards, Vogeler, Worpswede,” addressed to “cand. med. A. Scharlau,” a prospective dermatologist in Rostock. Rief 24-33 II a 4. - Sarkowski 1841. - Neteler 22 36.0 : 27.5 cm. (Folder). - Without the printed title page. Illegible ownership notation on the inside cover. One sheet with a slight crease at the bottom. English description: Ten etchings. Loose sheets in an original half-vellum folder with illustrated covering paper and cover label. One of 100 copies on mold-made paper (total print run of 200). - Printed by O. Felsing, Berlin. - The complete series in its original folder, dated 1899. - The folder contains some of Vogeler’s best-known etchings: “Die Lerche” (self-portrait), “Frühlingsmorgen,” “At Noon,” “Spring Flowers,” “Frog Bride,” “The Fisherman,” “Stork Over the Pond,” “Before Closing Time,” “The Blackbird,” and “March Night”—all monogrammed on the plate. - As early as 1895, Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942) produced trial proofs and states at the Barkenhoff using an etching press that the artists’ community had purchased from Otto Felsing. The final editions from the finished copper plates were then printed in Felsing’s workshop in Berlin. - Also included: A portfolio and slipcase card with a handwritten dedication, “Mit verbindlicher Empfehlung Vogeler Worpswede,” to “cand. med. A. Scharlau,” a prospective dermatologist in Rostock. The printed title page is missing. There is an illegible owner’s inscription on the inside cover. One page has a slight crease at the bottom.