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several different types of art work are displayed on a white surfacea black and white drawing of a group of people in a foresta black and white drawing of a group of people in a rooman image of a black and white drawing of a man with his hands on his facean image of a black and white drawing of a man ' s face with his hands on his facea black and white image of a poster with a sunflower on ita black and white drawing of a man standing in front of a scalea black and white drawing of a man sitting on a benchan image of a black and white drawing of a cross and flowersan image of a drawing of a turtle on a white backgroundan image of a picture of a picture of a person holding a knifean image of a black and white drawing of a man and a woman at a tablean image of a black and white drawing of a man and woman at a tablea drawing of a man in a boat on the water
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Max Unold* (Memmingen 1885 – 1964 Munich) Set of 11 prints 1|Ex libris Michael Seidlmayer woodcut on paper 9.6 x 5.6 cm inscribed on the print: ‘ex libris Michael Seidlmayer’ 2|Ex libris Josef Kiefhaber woodcut on paper 10.9 x 6.4 cm inscribed on the print: ‘ex libris Josef Kiefhaber’ 3|Ex libris Guido Brettauer woodcut on paper 10 x 8.3 cm inscribed on the print: ‘ex libris Guido Brettauer’ 4|Dr Karl Gröber etching on paper 18.3 x 14.4 cm dated 10 March 1925 signed and inscribed on the print: ‘Unold, Dr Karl Gröber, Mechthild Göber (née Castenholz), bride, Munich’ inscribed on the reverse: ‘Max Unold, lith 1925’ 5|The Bride etching on paper 18.9 x 14.8 cm dated 4 December 1924 inscribed on the print: ‘Max Unold, Getev Unold (née Heinzel), the bride, Munich, Schwindstr. 29’ inscribed on the reverse: ‘Max Unold, lith 1924’ 6|The Turtle lithograph/paper 10.4 x 14.6 cm signed Max Unold inscribed on the print ‘With heartfelt thanks from the septuagenarian’ 7|Karl Hopf lithograph/paper 10.6 x 8.2 cm inscribed on the print: ‘Karl Hopf’ 8|Lamentation of Christ woodcut on paper 15.2 x 19 cm signed Unold, inscribed: ‘Handdruck/Probedruck nach Bernhard Strigel’ 9|The Grimace woodcut/paper 10.6 x 9 cm signed Max Unold, dated 1910 inscribed ‘handdruck’, numbered :2 10|Conversations at the Table woodcut/paper 14 x 17.4 cm signed in the print Unold 11|Dance of death woodcut/paper 26.9 x 20.2 cm inscribed ‘Handdruck’, numbered 10/10 signed in the print Unold ESTIMATE €150 – €250 STARTING PRICE €150 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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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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