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Exlibris Bookplate Woodcut Karl Michel 1885-1966 Initials

Exlibris Bookplate Woodcut Karl Michel 1885-1966 Initials

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  • Author: Michel, Karl (1885-1966)
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  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Year Of Publication: 1910
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  • Condition: Used

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    HKM. Initials in tondo, framed by two heraldic animals.
    Michel, Karl (1885-1966):
    1910. 82 x 77 mm. Two-tone woodcut.
    Language: German
    Order number: 15744
    Comments: * Thieme-Becker 24; Vollmer 3; not with Gutenberg; Sparke 67; Opus 3. - One of 10 numbered, signed and dated copies. With the blind stamp of the Michel press. Marked by hand as "preferred print". "Michel completed an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic. From 1903 to 1909 he studied at the Leipzig Academy, first in the department of applied graphics with Georg Belwe and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, then in the department of graphic techniques with Schelter and Buthold and finally in the department of painting and graphics with Rentzsch. He then studied in the teaching facility of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts, where he was Emil Doepler's master class. From 1912 to 1945 he taught as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. From 1948 to 1952 he worked as a lecturer at the painting and drawing school in Zwickau and has been its director since 1952. "(wikipedia) - Michel is one of the few bookplate artists of German Expressionism. With his unusual copperplate engravings, especially in the 1920s, he disturbed the ex-libris community, which tended towards harmony. - Small remnants of assembly on the reverse, minimally stained.
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    Comments: * Thieme-Becker 24; Vollmer 3; not with Gutenberg; Sparke 67; Opus 3. - One of 10 numbered, signed and dated copies. With the blind stamp of the Michel press. Marked by hand as "preferred print". "Michel completed an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic. From 1903 to 1909 he studied at the Leipzig Academy, first in the department of applied graphics with Georg Belwe and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, then in the department of graphic techniques with Schelter and Buthold and finally in the department of painting and graphics with Rentzsch. He then studied in the teaching facility of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts, where he was Emil Doepler's master class. From 1912 to 1945 he taught as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. From 1948 to 1952 he worked as a le