Weibliche Akte unter einem Apfelbaum

 

Alois Kolb

 

around 1900 

etching in blue-black ink 

6 1/2 x 14 1/2" platemark 

etched within plate, lower right 

not stated 

in pencil, verso, '250 Alois Kolb in Leipzig 1921 Born in Vienna, 1875 Benezit etching "Sommerstudie" (Summer study)' 

 

ivory simile-vellum bifold 

published 

Die Vereinigung Zur Forderung Der Original-Graphik, Freunde Graphischer Kunst, E.V. Leipzig, 1 Aug., 1913 

21042 

SOLD

The title for this etching translates roughly to "Nude women under an apple tree." It is a study, approaching the figure from different angles while they harvest apples from an ancient tree.