Hermann Fechenbach, Lenin

Hermann Fechenbach 1897-1986

Lenin

woodcut on paper

21.6 x 16

and dated (lower right): 'Hermann Fechenbach 1943'

1987-92a

@Hermann Fechenbach estate

Photo: Bridgeman images

Fechenbach specialised in wood engravings and was influenced by Die Neue Sachlichkeit (new objectivity). This woodcut was made in England after his release from internment.

Provenance

presented by Alfred Wolmark, 1948

Literature

Sarah MacDougall ed., 'Interstices - Discovering the Ben Uri Collection Guest curated by René Gimpel' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2020), pp. 64-65.; 'Finchleystrasse: German artists in exile in Great Britain and beyond 1933-45' (London: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in association with the German Embassy London, 2018), p. 20.; Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 40.

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