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four wood block prints of a man with a hat, a woman with a hat, and a man witha drawing of a woman ' s face with a tree in the backgrounda drawing of a woman ' s face on a piece of papera black and white drawing of a man ' s face in a squarea black and white drawing of a man ' s face on a white wallan image of a black and white drawing of a man wearing a hata black and white drawing of a woman in a hatan image of a black and white drawing of a womanan image of a black and white drawing of a woman ' s head
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Estimate €150 - €300
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Max Kaus* (Berlin 1891 – 1977 Berlin) Set of 4 portraits 1| Portrait I, 1975 woodcut on paper, 19 x 16 cm signed M Kaus, dated 75 2| Portrait II, 1975 woodcut on paper 18 x 18.4 cm signed M Kaus, dated 75 3| Portrait III, 1973 woodcut on paper 17.4 x 16 cm signed M Kaus, dated 73 4| Portrait IV, 1973 woodcut on paper 17.2 x 16 cm signed M Kaus, dated 73 ESTIMATE €150 – €300 STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Max Kaus was a German painter and graphic artist, university professor and deputy director at the Berlin University of Fine Arts (HfbK) (since 1975, Faculty 1 of the Berlin University of the Arts). Kaus studied from 1908 to 1913 at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (UAKGM) and in 1913 and 1914 at the Berlin Academy of Arts (AdK), studying painting under Erich Heckel and graphic art under Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. From 1926, he taught at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Arts and Crafts, and from 1937 to 1939 he taught at the United State Schools (VS). In 1937, as part of the ‘Degenerate Art’ campaign, a significant number of his works were confiscated from German museums and public collections. However, Kaus was able to remain a member of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts. There is clear evidence of his participation in 32 exhibitions during the Nazi era. On 15 July 1945, he was appointed professor and deputy director at the Berlin University of Fine Arts (HfbK) under Karl Hofer. Kaus retired in 1959. Kaus was a member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists in Germany and, from 1928, of the German Artists’ Association, remaining so until its forced dissolution in 1936. Kaus took part in the German Artists’ Association’s final annual exhibition at the Hamburg Art Association with the portrait ‘Woman in the Mirror’ (tempera on canvas). From 1951 to 1971 he served on the board of the re-established German Artists’ Association, and from 1956 to 1963 he was its deputy chairman. Max Kaus was awarded the Günter Wagner Prize by the Hanover Art Association in 1928 and the Berlin Art Prize in 1963. His written legacy has been held at the German Art Archive in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg since 1987. Further artists and styles: Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Otto Mueller, Meinhard Jacoby, Free Secession, Berlin Secession, Villa Romana Prize, Albrecht Dürer Prize Nuremberg, Berlin University of the Arts, Hiddensee landscapes, post-war modernism PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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