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128 - Peter August Böckstiegel
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Peter August Böckstiegel Selbstbildnis, Leben 917 Brush and India ink on machine-made laid paper. 48.6 x 36.7 cm. Framed under glass. Signed and dated in black 'Ag. Böckstiegel, 1917' and inscribed 'im Osten N. 11' lower right. - Mat opening browned, edges of mat strongly browned; sheet mounted onto backing card. Not recorded by Wedel We would like to thank David Riedel, Artistic Director of Peter August Böckstiegel Museum, Werther (Westf.), for confirmation of authenticity and further information. Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia The drawing "Selbstbildnis, Leben", listed as No. 11 on an exhibition catalogue for the Brinkmann Art Salon in Bielefeld in 1919, is thought to have served as the basis for the woodcut "Selbstbildnis 'Leben'" from 1917 or 1918 (Matuszak 69). This woodcut was used to illustrate the cover of the catalogue raisonné of Böckstiegel’s prints.
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