Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), Bankmann [The Banker], 1932, linocut on laid paper, signed, titled and dated at bottom, impression 14.5 x 13.25 inches, full sheet 20 x 14 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. Provenance: gift of the artist to a Jewish German family that fled Europe in 1936.