THE CLOISTERS, GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1943
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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LUDWIG HIRSCHFELD-MACK
(German/Australian, 1893 - 1965)
THE CLOISTERS, GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1943
woodcut on paper
15.5 x 21.0 cm (image) 21.0 x 33.0 cm (sheet)
signed lower right below image: L. Hirschfeld–Mack
inscribed with title and date lower left below image: Corio, 1943
Estimate:
$2,000 – $3,000
Sold for $3,805 (inc. BP) in Auction 72 - 1 December 2022, Melbourne
Provenance
The estate of the artist
Private collection, Italy
Exhibited
Bauhaus and Expressionism: German prints and drawings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales, 4 March – 15 May 2005 (another example)
Literature
Schwarzbauer, R., and Bell, C., Ludwig Hirschfeld–Mack: More than a Bauhaus Artist, HistorySmiths, 2021, pl. 120, pp. 210, 211 (illus. another example, as ‘War memorial cloisters, Geelong Grammar School’)