"Untitled" (Street Scene), Klaus Richter (Berlin 1887–1948 Berlin), dated 1919

Drypoint on laid paper. Bears signature and date in the plate, lower centre, „Klaus Richter 1919.", followed to the right by „C II 30."; bears pencil inscription below the platemark, right, „Klaus Richter"; further pencil inscription below the platemark, left, „50-28". Nocturnal street scene: a densely massed group of figures in the foreground, some falling, some with raised arms, a pole with a dark cloth to the left; a starburst of explosion at the centre before rising billows of smoke; a row of trees along a terrace of buildings to the right; lettering „CAFÉ" on a building to the left. Paper evenly toned. Tideline with pronounced edge to the upper left of the sheet above the image, approx. 4.5 × 3 cm. Foxing scattered along the upper margin and in the right central area of the margin. Frame with abrasion to the black and red surface along the mouldings throughout, and an opened mitre with loss to the surface at the upper left corner. Dimensions plate 15.3 × 20.5 cm, frame 27 × 37 cm. Richter studied under Lovis Corinth in Berlin, exhibited with the Berlin Secession from 1911 and was appointed professor at the Königsberg academy in 1922.

Condition: II - III