Erziehung zur Kunst: Graphik – Vintage Art Portfolio of Master Drawings, 1963

»Erziehung zur Kunst« – Graphik

A beautifully produced German art education portfolio from the early 1960s, devoted to drawing and graphic art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The linen-covered box holds an illustrated text volume and a large set of loose plates reproducing drawings by the great masters, from a 14th-century sheet in the Albertina to Holbein, Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo, Picasso and Marino Marini, sourced from museums such as the Uffizi, the Louvre, the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each plate is accompanied by a short commentary, and the large sheets are well suited for framing, making this a thoughtful gift for an artist or art lover.

DETAILS

* Title: Erziehung zur Kunst – Graphik (Education in Art – Graphic Art)
* Selected and edited by: J. E. Schuler
* Text: Dr. Rolf Hänsler and Dr. Traudl Seifert; artist biographies by Cathrin Seifert
* Publisher: Verlag Pädagogischer Unterrichtsmittel E. E. Thoma, Munich
* Year: 1963 (© Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1962)
* Design: Professor Eugen Funk, Stuttgart; printed by Offsetdruckerei Ludwig Raiber, Stuttgart, on Scheufelen paper
* Plates: Loose numbered plates (the complete edition has 127), color and black-and-white, each captioned with artist, title, original size and collection; some early works tipped onto gray card mounts
* Plate size: approx. 32 × 25 cm (12.6 × 9.8 in)
* Text volume: approx. 52 pages, softcover, with a cover after Pieter Bruegel the Elder; essay “Vom Wesen der Handzeichnung”, an illustrated guide to twelve drawing techniques (chalk, red chalk, bister, charcoal, watercolor, wash, pastel, brush, white heightening, pen, silverpoint and pencil) and biographies of the masters
* Artists shown in the photos include: Hans Holbein, Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo, Pablo Picasso, Marino Marini, Rembrandt, Goya, Matisse, Poussin, Pisanello and Adolph Menzel
* Language: German
* Box: Book-style clamshell box in gray-green linen with a gray cloth spine, gold-stamped with a line drawing of a piping faun
* Printed in Germany

CONDITION

Good vintage condition. The box shows light soiling and edge wear, a crease to the cloth spine and old pencil price notes inside the lid. The text volume and plates are clean, with light toning along the spine of the text volume. Please review all photos carefully for the exact condition.

You will receive the exact item shown in the photos.

SHIPPING

Carefully packed and shipped from Estonia with tracking within 1–3 business days.

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