Kralik, Hanns (German, 1900-1971), Frau und Tod [Woman and Death], 1928, woodcut on woven paper, signed, titled and dated at bottom, impression 12 x 9 inches, full sheet 24 x 17 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 Borgermoor concentration camp for his Communist activity. He was a member of the Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus and Assoziation revolutionarer bildender Kunstler. His early Social Realism prints also show the influence of George Grosz. Catalog GRAFIK 34. Provenance: gift of the artist to a Jewish German family that fled Europe in 1936.