Alexander Olbricht. Dreissig Radierungen. Lot n° 41

Weimar, Reiher 1923. 30 etchings and a title vignette, all colored and signed, as well as an engraved printing note. Red original saffian leather band with gilded titles, fillets and standing edge borders; head cut gilded (signed: O. Dorfner, Weimar). In slipcase. One of 50 copies. - Very rare set of the mostly small-format etchings. - Printed on handmade paper in different colours and delicately coloured by the artist. - Alexander Olbricht (1876-1942) was, together with Walther Klemm, who was one of the first teachers of the Weimar Bauhaus, artistic collaborator of the Reiher publishing house. Otto Dorfner founded the publishing house in 1922 and managed it together with his wife Margarethe. 12.8 : 16.5 cm. 32 etchings. - Slipcase edges browned. Back discoloured. Müller-Krumbach R 148-179. - Weimar 1976, 424-455