Lot 85
"Bogenschütze II" (The Archer II), Richard Müller (Tschirnitz near Karlsbad 1874–1954 Dresden-Loschwitz), dated 1918
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Etching, on handmade paper. Monogrammed and dated in the plate lower right „R. M. 1918"; bears signature below the platemark to the right „Rich. Müller.", inscribed lower left on the sheet „Bogenschütze II". Catalogue raisonné: Günther 88. Not numbered, without the blindstamp of the Vereinigung der Kunstverleger recorded by Günther; the edition recorded there comprises 22 impressions from the copper and 28 from the steel. A nude man seen from behind between two gigantic chameleons; five arrows in the left, six in the right. Full deckle edges throughout, untrimmed, loose. Crease with deformation to the lower right corner, approx. 3 cm; crease to the upper left corner, approx. 0.2 cm; creasing to the right margin; light cockling. Two brown spots to the left margin, each under 0.3 cm. Plate 16.5 x 29.2 cm, sheet 28 x 44.8 cm. Encouraged by Max Klinger, Müller took up etching in 1895. From 1900 to 1935, he taught at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where George Grosz was among his pupils.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
