Max Thalmann - Der Dom [10 original signed woodcuts] - 1926

Max Thalmann (1884–1944)
The Cathedral, 1926
Maps with 10 original woodcuts, all individually signed.

German Expressionism / Bauhaus-inspired / spiritual-architectural abstraction

Complete expressionist portfolio 'The Cathedral' by Max Thalmann, published in 1926. It contains ten powerful original woodcuts in black and white, exploring the spiritual and architectural impact of the cathedral.

The sheets display Thalmanns' characteristic, strongly rhythmic line work and the monumental, almost abstract formal language of German Expressionism of the 1920s. Each sheet is signed by the artist.

Thalmann was a student and companion in the circle of Feininger, Kirchner, and Schmidt-Rottluff. The portfolio The Cathedral ranks among his most mature print cycles and explores the Gothic cathedral as a spiritual, almost mystical structure – typical of the expressionist architectural perspective of the 1920s.

The map is considered one of Max Thalmann's central graphic works and is comparatively rarely fully preserved.