Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), The Circus, 1920s, etching on paper, signed and titled (?) in pencil at bottom, impression 10.5 x 6.5 inches, matted and framed 21 x 15 inches. 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 prints show the influence of George Grosz. Provenance: gift of the artist to a Jewish German family that fled Europe in 1936.