7075 - Portfolio Works

Portfolio Works Shakespeare Visions. A Tribute by German Artists 37 prints on various (partly colored) Japanese papers, as well as 8 sheets of typographic text in the original cover with title page/colophon, a foreword by Gerhart Hauptmann, and a table of contents. Loose, all but one mounted in numbered original passe-partouts, in an original blue half-leather folder. 1918. 58.5 x 49.5 cm (folder). Most are signed. Edition of 50 numbered copies. Rodenberg p. 363, Söhn HdO 282. Complete copy of the third printing by the Marées Society, here in the special limited edition of 50 numbered copies featuring the five additional prints. Total print run: 200 copies. Contains 23 original lithographs, 7 original etchings, and 7 original woodcuts by: Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, Max Beckmann (Gallwitz 54), Carl Casper, Lovis Corinth (2 sheets, Schwarz 389 and 390), Hans Friese, Rudolf Grossmann (3), Olaf Gulbransson, Bernhard Hasler, Th. Th. Heine, Otto Hettner, Karl Hofer (Rathenau 6), Willy Jaeckel, Franz M. Jansen, Richard Janthur, Erich Klossowski, Leo von König, Wilhelm Kohlhoff, Oskar Kokoschka (Wingler W. 86), Alfred Kubin (Raabe 95), Felix Meseck, Max Neumann, Wilhelm Nowak, Adolph Schinnerer, Werner Schmidt, Otto Schubert, Walter Teutsch, Max Unold, and Emil R. Weiß. On the frontispiece is the censorship approval stamp “Z XIX,” as well as an old collector’s initials from 1991. Magnificent prints with full margins, each bearing the dry stamp of the Marées Society. In the special edition, which is extremely rare. Provenance: Private collection, Sweden Private collection, Berlin Bassenge, Berlin, Auction 58, December 6, 1991, Lot 4142 Private collection, Berlin - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.