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six drawings of people and animals in various stages of lifegerman children ' s book, der spiege, with an image of a man and a dog in the woodsan image of a drawing of a bear and a deer in the woodsan old drawing of a man with a dog and a castle in the backgroundan image of a drawing of a man walking with a dogan image of a drawing of a group of people sitting on the groundan image of a black and white drawing of three peoplean image of a drawing of two women and a doga black and white drawing of a group of men walking down a streeta drawing of a group of people walking down a street
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Max Unold* (Memmingen 1885 – 1964 Munich) Set of 5 ink drawings 1|Der Spiegel ink on paper 29 x 22.5 cm inscribed ‘Der Spiegel Jahrsbuch des Propyläen-Verlags’ 2|La Toilette ink on paper 30.8 x 23 cm 3|Der Hirte ink on paper 31.5 x 23 cm 4|Way from the city ink on paper 10.5 x 18.5 cm inscribed ‘Harnisch’ (illegible) 5|Meeting ink on paper 11 x 26.6 cm ESTIMATE €400 – €600 STARTING PRICE €400 Max Unold was a German painter, graphic artist and art educator associated with the New Objectivity movement, specialising in portraits, interiors and religious subjects. Born in Memmingen in 1885, the son of a doctor, he studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1905 to 1911 under Heinrich von Zügel and Max von Weber. From 1919, he took part in exhibitions organised by the New Munich Secession, and from 1920, he taught as a professor at the Municipal School of Art and Clothing in Augsburg. He was suspended from teaching from 1933 to 1945, and after 1945, he was appointed to a professorship at the Munich Academy and was a co-founder of the Schwabing Art Circle. Unold painted Swabian portraits, still-life interiors and biblical scenes characterised by clear lines, subdued lighting and psychological precision, influenced by New Objectivity, Baroque painting and religious mysticism. Oil paintings, watercolours and etchings characterised by a geometric formal language and spiritual intensity. Related artists and styles: Heinrich von Zügel, Max von Weber, New Munich Secession, Schwabing Art Circle, Augsburg Art School, Otto Dix, Wilhelm Leibl, Hans von Marées, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh 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 statutory 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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