Johann Michael Bossard (Zug, Switzerland 1874-1950 Jesteburg, Germany)
"Friede" ["Peace"]
color lithograph on Japan
37.4 x 28.7 cm (image); 52 x 38 cm (sheet)
1920-21
signed in pencil lower right: "J. Bossard"
inscribed in pencil lower left: "Subscripts. Expl."
Magnificent impression with margin.
Condition: isolated fox stains; somewhat creased and minimally soiled in the white margin; otherwise in very nice condition.
Johann Bossard: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik, arr. v. Tina Lebelt, hrsg. v. Gudula Mayr, Jesteburg 2015, WV Nr. D 1.52 Variante a) violett.
From Bossard's first print cycle “Das Jahr” ["The Year"], created between 1903 and 1921.
Literature: Haffke 2007, S.74, 75, 83, 87 | Murawski/Lucke 1985, n.p.