Woodcut in colors
Hagenlocher 202 II a (of II c). Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "H[and].D[ruck]. N° 1". Monogrammed and dated in printing block. On Japon. 28,5 x 36,1 cm (11,2 x 14,2 in)Sheet: 45 x 59 cm (17,7 x 23,2 in).
"Famous collectors and patrons of modern art have paid attention to the graphic art by Laage from an early point on. Besides Schiefler in Hamburg, it was particularly Reinhart in Winterthur, Sonderegger, and also Stinnes. Lichtwark also supported him. The graphic collections of public galleries and museums have works by him in their possession, for instance in Hamburg, Stutttgart, Karlsruhe, Basel, Munich, Zurich, Winterthur." (translation of quote after: W.Hagenlocher, 1968) [DB].

PROVENANCE: Formerly collection Dr. Heinrich Stinnes, Cologne.

LITERATURE: Alfred Hagenlocher, Wilhelm Laage - On occasion of the 100th birthday on 16 May, 1968, in: "Die Kunst", Munich 1968, issue 6, illu. 9.