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Karl Michel'Der Gartner' (The Gardener) — 1920s German Expressionismc. 1925
c. 1925
About the Item
Karl Michel, 'Der Gartner' (The Gardener), woodcut, c. 1925. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/50' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left and right. A fine, richly-inked impression on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce.
Image size 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (133 x 98 mm); sheet size 10 x 7 3/4 inches (254 x 198 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933). Michel’s work was the subject of a feature article in the influential German graphic design magazine 'Das Plakat' in 1920. An anti-war advocate, Michel created a suite of 12 wood engravings depicting his impressions of the humanitarian toll of WWII entitled ‘Humanitas’ (Humanity). The German publishing house Greifenverlag published the series in a folio of unsigned prints.
Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling (Denmark), Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
- Creator:Karl Michel (1885 - 1966)
- Creation Year:c. 1925
- Dimensions:Height: 5.25 in (13.34 cm)Width: 3.88 in (9.86 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Myrtle Beach, SC
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Karl Michel
Karl Michel was a noted graphic designer and Expressionist printmaker during Germany's Weimar Republic. Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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