Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)

Zeit, Chronos mit seiner Sense, (Time, Chronos with his Scythe),

a preliminary study for the mezzotint "Zeit" ["Time"] (Singer 155), part of Herrmann's 6-print series Phantasien.

circa 1913

pencil on handmade paper

52.9 x 39.6 cm

signed and inscribed lower right: "Zeit / Paul Herrmann".

Chronos walks with a raised foot over debris, including human and animal corpses, and readies his scythe to deliver a massive blow. The drawing here still shows the "Young Life," a child who is enthroned on the shoulders of Chronos, but Herrmann ultimately deletes the child from the final version of this work.

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)

Zeit, Chronos mit seiner Sense, (Time, Chronos with his Scythe)

1913 

mezzotint and roulette on rolled China paper

56.5 x 43.4 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann".

an excellent, high-contrast and velvety impression

condition: slightly stained, minimally discolored, margins and corners slightly bumped, traces of opaque white on the right, pencil annotations on the lower margin, otherwise very well preserved.

Singer 155 XIII, Plate 2 of Herrmann's six-print series Phantasien.  The Daulton Collection owns a portfolio consisting of the entire series: 1. "Traum", 2. "Zeit", 3. "Zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit", 4. "Wehmut", 5. "Krieg",  and 6. "Friede."

The Daulton Collection

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)

Zeit, Chronos mit seiner Sense [Time, Chronos with his Scythe]

1913 

mezzotint and roulette on rolled China paper

56.5 x 43.4 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann (Héran)"

dedicated to the German painter Fritz Schneider (1875-1850) in pencil lower right: "Seinem geliebten Fritz Schneider" ["His beloved friend Fritz Schneider"] 

inscribed in pencil lower left: "Mappe 4"

an excellent, high-contrast impression with a narrow margin

condition: somewhat foxed, slightly light-stained, but otherwise in very nice condition.

The Daulton Collection

Singer 155 XII (of XIII)

exhibited

Paul Herrmann (Munich 1864 - 1946 Berlin-Schöneberg)

Zeit, Chronos mit seiner Sense, (Time, Chronos with his Scythe)

1913 

mezzotint and roulette on Japon (Japan) paper

56.5 x 43.4 cm (sheet 69 x 51 cm)

signed in pencil lower right: "Paul Herrmann (Héran)".

Singer 155 XIII, Plate 2 of Herrmann's six-print series Phantasien.  

The Daulton Collection

References:

H. W. Singer, Die moderne Graphik (Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1914), p. 136.

Contact:

Jack Daulton

The Daulton Collection

Los Altos Hills, California

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