KLEMM, Walther (1883-1957). Sechzehn Radierungen zur Erbsünde. Eine erotische Schöpfungsgeschichte . Weimar: Bruno Wollbrück [1919].
KLEMM, Walther (1883-1957). Sechzehn Radierungen zur Erbsünde. Eine erotische Schöpfungsgeschichte . Weimar: Bruno Wollbrück [1919]. Folio (400 x 320 mm). 16 etchings, various sizes, each initialled in pencil by Klemm, each tipped into a paper window mount as issued. (Text leaf with light spotting.) Original vellum backed chemise with flaps (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHPOINT OF GERMAN EROTIC ILLUSTRATION. Klemm’s interpretation of original sin takes an insatiable Eve and shows her as the conduit and inspiration for God’s creatures to procreate. Klemm’s ‘erotic song of creation is famous among collectors’ (The Pillow Book). One of 360 copies only, this one number 104, with each print initialled in pencil by the artist. Bilder-Lexikon II, pp. 580-81; The Pillow Book , pp. 122-125.
KLEMM, Walther (1883-1957). Sechzehn Radierungen zur Erbsünde. Eine erotische Schöpfungsgeschichte . Weimar: Bruno Wollbrück [1919].
KLEMM, Walther (1883-1957). Sechzehn Radierungen zur Erbsünde. Eine erotische Schöpfungsgeschichte . Weimar: Bruno Wollbrück [1919]. Folio (400 x 320 mm). 16 etchings, various sizes, each initialled in pencil by Klemm, each tipped into a paper window mount as issued. (Text leaf with light spotting.) Original vellum backed chemise with flaps (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHPOINT OF GERMAN EROTIC ILLUSTRATION. Klemm’s interpretation of original sin takes an insatiable Eve and shows her as the conduit and inspiration for God’s creatures to procreate. Klemm’s ‘erotic song of creation is famous among collectors’ (The Pillow Book). One of 360 copies only, this one number 104, with each print initialled in pencil by the artist. Bilder-Lexikon II, pp. 580-81; The Pillow Book , pp. 122-125.
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