Lot 86
"Krebse" (Crayfish), Richard Müller (Tschirnitz near Karlsbad 1874–1954 Dresden-Loschwitz), dated 1918
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Description
Etching on handmade paper. Monogrammed and dated in the plate lower right “R. M. 1918”; signed in pencil below “Rich. Müller”. Inscribed “6” in pencil upper left on the sheet. Catalogue raisonné: Günther 89. Not numbered, without the blindstamp of the Vereinigung der Kunstverleger recorded by Günther; the edition recorded there comprises 16 impressions from the copper plate and 84 from the steel-faced plate. Two crayfish and an animal carcass with its skeleton exposed, arranged lengthwise side by side. Sheet lightly toned, with isolated faint handling creases and a few foxmarks. One distinct foxmark within the plate area below the image, just right of centre, approx. 0.3 cm. Hinged verso at the upper edge to mount board with two paper hinges, one browned. Deckle edges preserved on three sides; upper edge trimmed. Sheet 15.2 × 44.5 cm; plate 7.6 × 33.0 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?
