HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Max Pechstein (1881-1955), Two Heads (Zwei Kopfe), woodcut, 1922, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Kruger 275. From the edition of 50. In very good condition, on a cream laid paper, with wide margins, 7 1/8 x 5, the sheet 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Issued by Max Osborn in “Max Bechstein”, 1922. Archival matting.
A fine impression.
In the spring of 1914 Pechstein traveled to the Palau Islands in the South Seas, returning to Germany via Japanese internment, The USA and Holland. He was drafted and served on the Somme front, only to return [...]

Max Pechstein (1881-1955), Russian Ballet, etching and aquatint, 1912, signed and dated lower right, numbered (24) lower left in pencil. Reference: Krüger, R 71. From the first edition, of 100, to be published by Jahresmappe der Brücke (#7) in 1912 (see note below). In very good condition (slightest traces of soiling in margins), with full margins, 11 3/4 x 9 7/8, the sheet 17 5/8 x 13 1/4, archival mounting.
A fine fresh impression, printed in black ink with aquatint layering on ivory wove paper.  In addition to etching and aquatint Pechstein used burnishing and scraping to achieve [...]