Paul Herrmann

Wehmut [Melancholy],

circa 1910-20, 

mezzotint and etching
 
The Daulton Collection owns five impressions of this print, two from the numbered subscription edition of 35 and three from the unnumbered aside of unknown quantity.

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)


Wehmut (Melancholy),

circa 1910-1920

mezzotint and etching on laid paper

32 x 39 cm (plate), 51 x 65,5 cm (sheet)

signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann Héran"

The Daulton Collection


condition: Randbereiche leicht griffspurig, leicht angeschmutzt, partiell fleckig [slightly soiled; partially stained].


This impression is an unnumbered proof aside from the subscription edition of 35.


Plate IV of Herrmann's six-print series Phantasieen.  The Daulton Collection owns the entire series: 1. "Traum", 2. "Zeit", 3. "Zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit", 4. "Wehmut", 5. "Krieg", and 6. "Friede."
The Daulton Collection owns a second impression of this print:

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)


Wehmut [Melancholy]


Sheet (Blatt) IV of Herrmann's 6-print series or cycle Phantasieen

circa 1910-20

mezzotint and etching on paper

approx. 31,5 x 39,5 cm (plate)


signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann  Heran"

inscribed in pencil lower left: "30-35"


on the envelope, a printed dedication to the artist's friend Wilhelm Kimbel: "Meinem Freunde Wilhelm Kimbel Zugeeignet."  Wilhelm Kimbel (1868-1965) was a German cabinetmaker and interior designer.


on the cover, number 30 out of an edition of 35 (painter Richard Kaiser, subscriber); Richard Kaiser (1868-1941) was a German painter and printmaker.


The Daulton Collection
The Daulton Collection owns a third impression of this print:

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)


Wehmut (Melancholy),

circa 1910-1920

mezzotint and etching on paper

31,5 x 38,5 cm (image), 55 x 68 cm (sheet)

signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann"

The Daulton Collection


This impression is another unnumbered aside from the edition of 35.
The Daulton Collection owns a fourth impression of this print:

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)


Wehmut [Melancholy]


Sheet (Blatt) IV of Herrmann's 6-print series or cycle Phantasieen

circa 1910-20

mezzotint and etching on china, rolled onto firm laid paper

31,3 x 39,3 cm (plate)

42,0 x 50,0 cm (sheet)

The Daulton Collection


signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann"


condition: slightly browned with inconspicuous spots; two remnants of mounting on the reverse; in general, magnificent work in good condition.


another unnumbered aside
The Daulton Collection owns a fifth impression of this print, in poor condition (foxing), number 18 of 35, subscriber Hans Heyden (Berlin? 1859? - ).

Contact:


The Daulton Collection

Los Altos Hills, California

thedaultoncollection@outlook.com