Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), The Lechers, 1927, etching on paper, signed in pencil at bottom and dated in the plate, impression 18 x 14.25 inches, full margins, matted but not framed. 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.