VIRGIN BIRTH Woodcut ~ GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ~ 1930 Hand SIGNED WOODBLOCK

Description: A 1930 signed woodcut by the German Expressionist artist Karl Michel (1885-1966). This woodcut was executed in 1930 as Michel's holiday greeting card and was hand printed in an edition of only 20 proofs. The image measures 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches, the paper sheet is about 10 x 7 3/4 inches with two deckel edges. It is hand signed in pencil, numbered, titled "Opus 249", annotated "Vor? selbstdruck" (self printed) and embossed with the blindstamp of Michel's own press. The image is printed on fine Japan paper that has toned to a light even cream color with no foxing, mat lines and just has two dots of glue residue on the reverse top corners. It does not appear to have ever been framed or matted. The text "Ehre Sei Gott in der Hoh., Frohes Fest, Karl Michel u. Frau" translates to: Glory to God in the Highest, Happy Holidays, Karl Michel and Wife. There are examples of Michel's graphic art in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Karl Michel (born March 6, 1885 in Leipzig , April 12, 1966 in Zwickau) was a German painter, etcher and woodcut artist. He initially completed an apprenticeship as an electro-mechanic, but from 1903 to 1909 he studied at the Academy in Leipzig, first in the department of applied graphics with Georg Belwe and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, then in the department of graphic techniques with Schelter and Buthold and finally in the department of painting and graphics with Fritz Rentsch. He then studied in the classroom of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and was a master student of Emil Doepler there. From 1912 to 1945 he was a professor at the Berlin School of Fine Arts. From 1948 to 1952 he worked as a lecturer at the painting and drawing school in Zwickau , and in 1952 became its director. From 1946 until his death he worked as a freelancer in Zwickau. Karl Michel was a member of the Association of Fine Artists of the GDR. He is considered one of the stylistic innovators of bookplate graphic art.

Price: 225 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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