Josef Scharl (American, born Germany. 1896–1954)

Sunflowers in a Tall Vase (Sonnenblumen in hoher Vase)

Date:

1935

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet 19 3/4 x 11 1/2" (50.1 x 29.2 cm) Composition 18 1/4 x 10 1/4" (46.3 x 26.0 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

unknown

Printer:

The artist, Munich

Edition:

20 numbered and signed [this ex.]; posthumous edition, published in 1964 by the Galerie Nierendorf, on Japan paper: 140 (40, numbered, plus one proof; 100, numbered, plus one proof); posthumous edition, published in 1967 by the Galerie Nierendorf, on poster paper, as an exhibition poster: approx. 1000

Credit Line:

Gift of Lotte Jacobi

Reference:

Firmenich 33.

MoMA Number:

288.1955

Techniques:

Woodcut