Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Mar 8, 2018
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LOT 19:
STRUCK, HERMANN.
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Estimated price :
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2,000 - $3,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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Group of 31 engravings, including five portraits featuring: The German artist Lovis Corinth; the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen; President Abraham Lincoln (two); the Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt; Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. * “Portrait After Rembrandt” (four). * Two additional portraits: An Oriental gentleman and Artist self-portrait, both noted in pencil by Struck “plate destroyed.” * Eleven landscapes, etc. Including Venice and New York. * Eight book-plates (duplication).
All signed by Struck in pencil (excluding five book-plates), many with artist’s additional notations in pencil and limitation. Portraits by Corinth, Nansen and Reinhardt also signed by the respective sitter. Few with some wear, Corinth portrait torn.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Provenance: By descent within the artist’s family.
