Lot n° 203
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Otto WOLS (1913-1951) and Franz KAFKA (1883-1924) - Lot 203
Otto WOLS (1913-1951) and Franz KAFKA (1883-1924)
L'invité des morts, 1948
FOUR original drypoints in sheets, entitled: L'Invité des morts , Dans notre synagogue, l'Epée, Lampes neuves.
Out-of-print work set without texts (translated by Marthe Robert) or print justification.
Interesting collection of artist's proofs including:
- 3 plates annotated "bon à tirer" (2 of the same subject),
- 3 plates signed, on Japon mince (one on vellum ?),
- 4 plates on wove paper, signed (or with trace of signature) (2 in duplicate).
Yellowed.
Engravings: 14 x 9 cm or 9 x 14 cm.
Sheets: 25 x 16.5 cm.
(R. Busch, Wols das Druckgraphische werk , 42 to 45).
This set is completed by a large number of working proofs in different editions, each crossed out with a pencil cross.
Limited edition of 270 copies (20 on Vidalon from 1 to 20, 100 on Montval paper, and 150 on Montval paper with a single drypoint frontispiece).
Work produced in collaboration with François di Dio for typography, Marcel Knops for printing, Louis Nallard for drypoint printing.
Otto Wols, whose real name was Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, moved to Paris in 1932, where he met many writers and artists, including Jacques Prévert, Max Ernst and Fernand Léger.
Provenance of painter Louis Nallard by descent.
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