HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Bernard Kretzschmar (1889-1972), Auction,  drypoint, 1921, signed and dated ((’20) in pencil lower right [also initialed in the plate lower left] Reference: Diether Schmidt 80. In very good condition, the full sheet with wide margins, 13 1/2 x 15 1/2, the sheet 18 x 22 inches, archival window mat. Published by the Marées-Gesellschaft, with their blindstamp lower right. A fine impression. Kretzschmar is one of the great, but underappreciated German Expressionists. Originally a decorative painter, he saved enough money to enroll at the Kunstgewerbeschule, then the Kunstacademie (art school) in Dresden. In 1920, at the age of 31, he destroyed all his work [...]