Exlibris Bookplate Etching Walter Steinecke 1888-1975 Female Nude Angel Faun

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Heddi Bornebusch. Standing female nude, plant and whistling faun, above it many music-making or singing angels.
Steinecke, Walter (1888-1975):
[Around 1925]. 109 x 69 mm. Etching.
Language: German
Order number: 14119
Comments: * Thieme-Becker 31; Vollmer 4; not with Gutenberg. - Hand signed and monogrammed in the print. After a military career that, according to his own account, ended with the November Revolution, he studied with Rudolf Siegmund in Kassel from 1919 to 1920, founded the Abraxas publishing house in 1920 and worked as a freelancer. In 1929 he joined the NSDAP and was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag from 1933 to 1945. In 1945 he was imprisoned and served in the Steinmühle internment camp until 1947. He then continued to work as a painter and graphic artist. According to his own statements, he has created more than 250 bookplates, the technique he mainly uses is colored etching, and one of his specialties is the pseudo bookplate. His bookplate work has not been thoroughly researched. - Small remnants of assembly on the back.
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Comments: * Thieme-Becker 31; Vollmer 4; not with Gutenberg. - Hand signed and monogrammed in the print. After a military career that, according to his own account, ended with the November Revolution, he studied with Rudolf Siegmund in Kassel from 1919 to 1920, founded the Abraxas publishing house in 1920 and worked as a freelancer. In 1929 he joined the NSDAP and was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag from 1933 to 1945. In 1945 he was imprisoned and served in the Steinmühle internment camp until 1947. He then continued to work as a painter and graphic artist. According to his own statements, he has created more than 250 bookplates, the technique he mainly uses is colored etching, and one of his specialties is the pseudo bookplate. His bookplate work has not been thoroughly resea