Rolf Nesch (1893-1975)
Lot 263

Rolf Nesch (1893-1975)

Furtwängler (Jentsch 62)

Closed19 March 2014

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GBP 13,750

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Rolf Nesch (1893-1975)
Furtwängler (Jentsch 62)
etching and drypoint printed in black and monotype printed from two plates in light blue and reddish-brown, 1930, on heavy Japan paper, signed and titled in pencil, inscribed Selbstdruck, one of only a few hand-printed impressions, with margins, probably the full sheet, a fold along the left sheet edge (presumably by the artist), with inky finger prints and other working marks in the margins and verso, in very good, original condition
P. 335 x 454 mm., S. 402 x 560 mm.

Provenance:
Dr. Reinhard and Helene des Arts.
With C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf (Neue Lagerliste 83, Nr. 60).
Private German collection, acquired from the above in 1986; then by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) is considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.