GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHAPEL, FROM THE REAR, 1943

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
1 December 2022
91

LUDWIG HIRSCHFELD-MACK

(German/Australian, 1893 - 1965)
GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHAPEL, FROM THE REAR, 1943

woodcut on paper

15.5 x 20.5 cm (image) 21.0 x 33.0 cm (sheet)

signed and dated lower right: L. Hirschfeld–Mack 1943
bears inscription verso: There are eight lino prints of these in the collection / MB October 1987 ACT

Estimate: 
$2,000 – $3,000
Sold for $4,664 (inc. BP) in Auction 72 - 1 December 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

The estate of the artist
Private collection, Italy

Literature

Schwarzbauer, R., and Bell, C., Ludwig Hirschfeld–Mack: More than a Bauhaus Artist, HistorySmiths, 2021, pl. 104, p. 182 (illus. another example, as ‘Chapel of All Saints, Geelong Grammar School, 1945’)