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Künstlers Erdenwallen
Author
Title
Künstlers Erdenwallen [graphic] / componirt und lithographirt von A. Menzel.
Published
Berlin : Herausgegeben von L. Sachse & Co. ..., 1834.
Physical Description
1 portfolio (6 prints) : pen-and-ink lithograph ; 33 x 48 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Speck In31.834 Folio: In portfolio, as issued.
Notes
Portfolio title.
The six lithographs are enclosed in a blue wrapper which depicts the judgment of Midas between Pan and Apollo.
Blind stamp on each print: L. Sachse & Co.
Leaves issued loose in portfolio.
"Erklärung des Titels ..."--P. [3] of wrapper, lithographed from manuscript.
Biographical / Historical Note
German painter, draftsman, lithographer and teacher, mainly active in Berlin.
Summary
The suite "Künstlers Erdenwallen", named after Goethe's drama, is composed of eleven images, paired in the first five lithographs, which represent stages in the life of an artist from his childhood, through adulthood until posthumous fame. Each image, containing a scene and an emblematic vignette, is named in a caption.
Format
Images
Language
German
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2008
References
Adolph Menzel: Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik und illustrierte Bücher, no. 188, ill. 188.1-188.14
Prints and drawings by Adolph Menzel, no. 113, ill. 113.1-113.2
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L. Sachse & Co.
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