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Lot 814

Hanns Kralik Lot of 5 prints Proofs Linocuts Trials

Estimate: $80 - $150

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Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), Lot of 5 prints, including trials, proofs and linocuts: Woman Washing Baby, signed by Kralik, with proof image on reverse; Knitting Woman, linocut, two copies, unsigned; Older Couple, linocut, signed in plate with artist's monogram, unsigned; Sad Woman, etching on paper, signed and dated 1928, apparently a proof, with a cut off trial image on the reverse; all unframed; largest piece (Old Couple) measures 24 x 18 inches. Kralik was a painter, printmaker and an active member of the resistance against the Nazis and spent some time in the Borgermoor concentration camp for his Communist activity. He was a member of the Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus and Assoziation revolutionarer bildender Kunstler. His early prints show the influence of George Grosz. Provenance: gift of the artist to a Jewish German family that fled Europe in 1936.
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