LOT DETAILS

Materials:

India ink and watercolor resp. opaque white, partially over pencil, on smooth ivory-colored paper

Measurements:

8.03 in. (20.40 cm.) (height) by 5.20 in. (13.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed and dated 'H. Zille 10.18' in India ink below the depiction titled above 'Neuordnung. Octobertage [sic] 1918.' and with a 5-line text in own handwriting below the depiction

Condition:

Framed under glass; Mounted verso with adhesive strips under the mat in the upper half of the sheet as well as at the lower margin in the centre, the adhesive at the bottom slightly showing through on recto; otherwise in fine condition

Literature:

Literature Otto Nagel und Heinrich Zille (eds.) Für Alle. Ernstes und Heiteres von Heinrich Zille Berlin 1929 n. pag. cf. illus. of similar motif for "Kriegsmarmelade"; cf. Matthias Flügge and Hans Joachim Neyer (ed.) Heinrich Zille. Zeichner der Großstadt exhib. cat. Wilhelm-Busch-Museum Hanover/ Ephraim-Palais Berlin/ Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne Dresden 1997 cat. no. 343 with colour illus. p. 268 f.

Provenance:

Provenance Formerly private possession South Germany estate; North German private possession