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Lot 460 D

Ewald Mataré - Zeichen eines Kopfes

Auction 1033 - overview Cologne
30.05.2014, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 2.000 €
Result: 2.196 € (incl. premium)

Ewald Mataré

Zeichen eines Kopfes
1953

Colour woodcut on laid paper 50.5 x 34.5 cm (78.6 x 51.6 cm) Framed under glass. Signed and inscribed 'Mädchenkopf Handdruck'. One of 11 known proofs. - Slightly browned in the octagonal mat opening. Wide margins minimally browned and with pencil notes due to making of mat. Upper edge on the left with small blemish.

Black woodcut on an octagon reddish-brown-coloured panel. This motif was also used for the slate relief print "Mädchenkopf" (Mataré/de Werd 390; Peters 318).

Catalogue Raisonné

S. Mataré/de Werd 391; Peters 319 (there with hexagonal ground)