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Lot 795

Hanns Kralik Expressionist Man Signed Woodcut 1929

Estimate: $80 - $150

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Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), Sinnender [Man in Thought], 1929, woodcut on laid paper, signed and dated lower right, impression 12.5 x 9.5 inches, full sheet 19.5 x 13.5 inches, unframed. A striking image from the later years of German Expressionism. Kralik was a painter, printmaker and an active member of the resistance against the Nazis and spent some time in the Börgermoor concentration camp for his Communist activity. He was a member of the Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus and Assoziation revolutionärer bildender Künstler. His early Social Realism prints also show the influence of George Grosz. Catalog GRAFIK 16. Provenance: gift of the artist to a Jewish German family that fled Europe in 1936.
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