Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
(German/Australian, 1893 - 1965)
THE CLOISTERS, GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1943
woodcut on paper
15.5 x 21.0 cm (image)
21.0 x 33.0 cm (sheet)
signed lower right below image: L. Hirschfeld–Mack
inscribed with title and date lower left below image: Corio, 1943
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$3,805 (inc. BP)
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
lot details
21.0 x 33.0 cm (sheet)
inscribed with title and date lower left below image: Corio, 1943
The estate of the artist
Private collection, Italy
Exhibited
Bauhaus and Expressionism: German prints and drawings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 4 March – 15 May 2005 (another example)
Literature
Schwarzbauer, R., and Bell, C., Ludwig Hirschfeld–Mack: More than a Bauhaus Artist, HistorySmiths, 2021, pl. 120, pp. 210, 211 (illus. another example, as ‘War memorial cloisters, Geelong Grammar School’)
Related Works
Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra