Carl Roesch – Untitled

Carl Roesch (Diessenhofen 1884 – 1979 Diessenhofen)

Untitled
Woodcut 1904
Monogrammed lower right in the image: CR
Inscribed lower left: Holzschnitt Handdr. (Woodcut hand print)
Signed and dated lower right: Carl Roesch 04
14 x 13.5 on 15.1 x 14.3 cm

Note:
Printed in dark brown color on light brown paper. Colored with blue watercolor and heightened with opaque white.
The sheet was mounted by the artist on gray cardboard (27.7 x 22.9 cm) and signed / dated there on the lower right.

Extremely rare woodcut from the early work of Carl Roesch. Probably created during his stay in Munich at the «School for Graphic Arts» by Heinrich Wolff

Literature: Carl Roesch – Eigenwillig angepasst by Markus Landert, Kunstmuseum Thurgau 2006, Verlag Niggli, illustration no. 43 (color variant) on page 80 (there with incorrect size information).

Compare too: https://www.carl-roesch.ch/werke/kunsthandwerk-und-mosaik/kunsthandwerk_und_mosaik_4/