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German Expressionist Prints
The Marcia and Granvil Specks Collection
by Stephanie D Widely acclaimed as one of the most significant bodies of German Expressionist prints in the U.S., the Marcia and Granvil Specks Collection is noted for its high quality, breadth, and profound graphic power. Presented here for the first time as a body of imagery that reveals the myriad concerns of the age—the joys and the pain of life in Germany from the 1890s to the 1930s. The prints of Kathe Kollwitz, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, George Grosz, and Lionel Feininger are only a few of the wide range of artists whose work reflected the fragile years from the Second Empire to the rise of the Nazis. Etchings and drypoints of biting spontaneity and intensity, lithographs of corrosive ingenuity, and woodcuts to stir the soul heralded an era of individuality and democracy. Biographies of the artists, a study of the papers used in their prints, and an analysis of marks used by paper manufacturers and collectors all shed important light on this dynamic period. Additionally, the book includes essays discussing issues of visual culture and representation by leading scholars in the field: Stephanie D’Alessandro, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art, The Art Institute of Chicago; Reinhold Heller, art history professor, University of Chicago; James de Young, senior conservator, Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as Kristin Makholm, Sarah B. Kirk, and Gretchen L. Wagner.
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