93 - "Untitled" (Street Scene), Klaus Richter (Berlin 1887–1948 Berlin), dated 1919

"Untitled" (Street Scene), Klaus Richter (Berlin 1887–1948 Berlin), dated 1919 Drypoint on handmade paper. Inscribed and dated “Klaus Richter 1919” at the bottom center of the plate, followed by “C II 30” to the right; inscribed “Klaus Richter” in pencil below the plate on the right; inscribed “50-28” in pencil below the plate on the left. Nighttime street scene: in the foreground, a densely packed group of figures, some falling, some with raised arms; on the left, a pole draped with a dark cloth; in the center of the image, a ring of explosion rays against a backdrop of rising plumes of smoke; on the right, a row of trees running alongside a row of houses; on the left, the inscription “CAFÉ” on a building. Paper evenly browned. Watermark with a distinct edge line in the upper left corner of the sheet above the image, approx. 4.5 × 3 cm. Scattered foxing spots along the upper edge of the sheet and in the right-center portion of the margin. Frame with wear on the black-and-red paint on the moldings on all sides, as well as an open miter joint and a missing section of paint in the upper left corner. Panel dimensions 15.3 × 20.5 cm, frame dimensions 27 × 37 cm. Richter was a student of Lovis Corinth in Berlin, exhibited at the Berlin Secession beginning in 1911, and became a professor at the Königsberg Academy of Art in 1922. Condition: II–III