Exlibris Bookplate Etching Wilm 1887-1953 Antique Mythology Wedekind Frank

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Exli- -Bris Frank Wedekind [writer, playwright, and actor, 1864-1918]. Clothed (probably Hygieia) and naked woman at a fountain with a mask, trees behind. Circumferential rich remarques, including dancers, female nudes, masks and heads.
Wilm, Hubert (1887-1953):
1913. 206 x 141 mm. Two-tone etching.
Language: German
Order number: 13267
Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; not with Gutenberg; Blum 204; Decker, Dichterexlibris, p. 58 f. - Hand-signed as well as signed and dated in print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items. "- Good specimen.
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Exli- -Bris Frank Wedekind [writer, playwright, and actor, 1864-1918]. Clothed (probably Hygieia) and naked woman at a fountain with a mask, trees behind. Circumferential rich remarques, including dancers, female nudes, masks and heads. Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; not with Gutenberg; Blum 204; Decker, Dichterexlibris, p. 58 f. - Hand-signed as well as signed and dated in print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a jou