Alexander Friedrich (Hamburg 1895-1968 Hamburg)
"Musik - Radierwerk Drei" ["Music - Etching Cycle Three"], also known as Opus III
published 1919
a portfolio of 20 etchings, created 1918-1919,
with a woodcut or linocut title page (see above)
the etchings printed in dark blue on Kupferdruckkarton [copperplate cardboard/paper]
the woodcut title page printed on Arches Ingres laid paper
approx. 38 x 30 cm
each sheet signed, dated, numbered, and titled
all etchings are matted and, together with the woodcut title page, housed in a half-linen portfolio with a gold-embossed cover vignette (signed with the bookbinder's monogram "HWFB")
published by Kräften, Hamburg
The Daulton Collection
The Daulton Collection owns the entire portfolio, number 2 out of an edition of 25.
Provenance: Albrecht Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer, 1891-1960, Hamburg merchant, initiator of the Lorenz-Meyer Foundation at the Museum of Hamburg History [Stiftung Lorenz-Meyer im Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte]
Rare to find the complete portfolio intact.
The cycle contains the sequences "Prelude" (sheets 1-4), "Passion" (twelve etchings: Consultation. - Judas's Realization. - Last Supper. - Christ's Realization. - Betrayal. - Kiss. - Judas's Despair. - Net. - Judas's Death. - Christ's Despair. - Barrabas, Barrabas. - Christ's Death), and "Finale" (sheets 1-4).
["Präludium" (Blätter 1-4), "Passion" (zwölf Radierungen: Beratung. - Judas Erkenntnis. - Abendmahl. - Christus Erkenntnis. - Verrat. - Kuß. - Judas Verzweiflung. - Netz. - Judas Tod. - Christus Verzweiflung. - Barrabam Barrabam. - Christus Tod) und "Finale" (Blätter 1-4).]
See a selection of the etchings below:
