Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)
Die erschrockene Nixe (The Frightened Mermaid),
1896
lithograph and woodcut in three colors on wove paper
22,5 x 16,4 cm (image), 55 x 31,5 cm (sheet)
signed in pencil lower right: "Henri Héran," the pseudonym of Paul Herrmann
catalogue raisonné: Singer 20
Published as an insert in Vol. II of the Parisian art magazine "Le Centaure", 1896, with the publisher's embossed stamp in the lower left margin.
An excellent impression with a delicate play of colors and a wide margin. Slightly stained in the outer margin, in the white margin pencil and colored pencil annotation by another hand, on the reverse small remnants of old mounting, otherwise in very nice condition.
Rare to find signed.
