Gebrauchsgraphik. – Illustrierte Neujahrswünsche... Lot n° 369

Prints in use. -Illustrated New Year's wishes, collection Jan Rhebergen, 325 almost exclusively originalgraph. Sheets, mostly signed. Early to late 20thcentury. A century wishes itself luck, year after year carried by hope and good resolutions; an open chronicle of what is desirable in each case, illustrated by means of art, what people need and wish for themselves and others. The allegories change, because they go with the time they decipher. The artists among others A. Banska, O. Beier, H. Frank, C. Hacker, E. Heigenmooser, E. Huber, K. Köngeter, R. Langbein, R. Lipus, K. Mahr, K.E. Merseburger, K. Michel, F. Rasmus, I. Réthy, W. Sauer, F. Staeger, F. Stummvoll, P. Süß, H. zum Tobel, L. Thron, W. Weissenbach.