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Exlibris Bookplates Etching Hubert Wilm 1887-1953 Girl Death Flute
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Item detailsBookplate J. Klüber. Girl seated in a vertical oval with ornamental decoration and death fluting.
Wilm, Hubert (1887-1953):
1910. 137 x 103 mm. Two-tone etching.
Language: German
Order number: 13846
Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; Gutenberg 12,879; Blum 93. - Signed and dated in the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items. "- Good specimen.
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Bookplate J. Klüber. Girl seated in a vertical oval with ornamental decoration and death fluting. Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; Gutenberg 12,879; Blum 93. - Signed and dated in the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items.