Andreas Gering (1892-1957)
"Der Friedenbringer" ["The Peacebringer"]
also known as "Krieg u Frieden" ["War and Peace"]
1917
lithograph on JWZanders laid paper
image 22,5 x 27,5 cm (sheet 43 x 57,5 cm)
signed and dated in pencil lower right: "A. Gering. 17"
inscribed and numbered in pencil lower left: "Orig. Lithographie." and "6/40."
The Daulton Collection
A magnificent, wonderfully differentiated print, with very wide margins.
from the 1917 edition of 40 impressions
Discussion:
"Numerous of Gering's prints testify to the immense influence that the horrors of war had on his soul. Again and again they focus on the weapons situation and show Gering as a confident observer and draftsman." B
["Zahlreiche von Gerings Blättern bezeugen den immensen Einfluss, den die Kriegsgräuel auf seine Seele nahmen. Immer wieder thematisieren sie das Waffengeschehen und zeigen Gering als einen sicheren Beobachter und Zeichner." B]
There was also an edition in 1919 of 30 impressions, titled "Krieg u Frieden" ["War and Peace"].
