163 - Hamburg Expressionism—The New Hamburg. Edited by Karl Lorenz. Hamburg: Gemeinschaftsverlag Hamburgischer Künstler, 1923. With 29 woodcuts and three linocuts by ten artists, all full-page, 25 of which are signed. Original half-linen binding, title on front and spine, and the cover vignette designed by Carl Otto Czeschka, all gold-stamped. In a private decorative slipcase.

Hamburg Expressionism—The New Hamburg. Edited by Karl Lorenz. Hamburg: Gemeinschaftsverlag Hamburgischer Künstler, 1923. With 29 woodcuts and three linocuts by ten artists, all full-page, 25 of which are signed. Original half-linen binding, title on front and spine, and the cover vignette designed by Carl Otto Czeschka, all gold-stamped. In a private decorative slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 1:34 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First edition. — One of 100 copies of the second special edition on machine-made laid paper (total print run: 450). — Featuring three woodcuts and three linocuts each by Paul Schwemer (unsigned), Adolf Bauer-Saar, Claus Wraage, Otto Niebuhr, Heinrich Stegemann (four woodcuts), Karl Opfermann, Gerhard von Ruckteschell (unsigned), Emil Maetzel, Robert Köpke, and Kurt Löwengard, as well as the unsigned title woodcut by Karl Opfermann. - The follow-up publication to *Die Rote Erde* (see Cat. No. 160) contains texts by Karl Lorenz, Hans W. Fischer, Wilhelm Niemeyer, Paulfried Martens, and Gustav Pauli. - Czeschka’s title vignette is repeated at the end of the book. - A rare copy of the signed edition. - “[...] undoubtedly a beautiful volume—and one that remained significant even in 1923—on Hamburg’s art scene in the early 1920s—though [...] serving more as a documentary conclusion to the movement than as a work still at its center [...]” (Volker Pirsisch). Söhn HDOG 273. - Pirsich, HH Expressionism, p. 196. - Raabe/Hannich-Bode 195.40. - Jentsch 130. - Entfesselt 2006, p. 144 32.2 × 24.3 cm. 189, [3] pages. - Cover slightly dusty and with minimal foxing.