Karl Schmidt-Rottluff – Kündung (Proclamation)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Chemnitz 1884 – 1976 Berlin)

Kündung – Periodical for Art
Woodcut 1921 (with green plate)
Kündung, First episode, third issue 1921
32.1 x 24.9 on 45.5 x 34.5 cm
Publisher: Wilhelm Niemeyer und Rosa Schapire, Hamburg
Catalogue raisonné: Schapire Gebrauchsblätter 53

Cover with the original woodcut by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Without content. Paper more browned in places and a bit stained.

The circulation was only 200 copies, making it one of the lowest, if not the lowest, of all Expressionism magazines.

Rare!
An indefinite number of copies were confiscated as part of the “Entartete Kunst” (Degenerate Art) campaign.