Exlibris Bookplate Etching Karl Otto Speth 1890-1925 Aktpaar Dance

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Bookplate Grete Lenze. Dancing naked couple in an oval (robbery of the Sabine women).
Speth, Karl Otto (1890-1925):
1918. 85 x 58 mm. Etching.
Language: German
Order number: 15172
Comments: * Gutenberg 10710. - Signed and dated in the print. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Italy several times, visited the major museums and collections, and did an apprenticeship with an old restorer. In April 1913 he began his studies at the Munich Academy of Arts in the drawing class of Carl Johann Gundahl-Becker. The 4th August 1914 is a turning point. Like so many war enthusiasts, he volunteers and is drafted, but soon realizes how cruel the slaughter of nations is. In June 1916 he was released injured and continued his artistic work. He got tuberculosis. In September 1919 he was admitted to the von Wangen hospital, which he could only leave for a few days before his death. - Good copy.
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Bookplate Grete Lenze. Dancing naked couple in an oval (robbery of the Sabine women). Comments: * Gutenberg 10710. - Signed and dated in the print. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Italy several times, visited the major museums and collections, and did an apprenticeship with an old restorer. In April 1913 he began his studies at the Munich Academy of Arts in the drawing class of Carl Johann Gundahl-Becker. The 4th August 1914 is a turning point. Like so many war enthusiasts, he volunteers and is drafted, but soon realizes how cruel the slaughter of nations is. In June 1916 he was released injured and continued his artistic work. He got tuberculosis. In September 1919 he was admitted to the von Wangen hospital, which he could only leave for a few days before his death. - G