Otto Wirsching Dachau - In tempestate securitas
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Original hand-pulled woodcut by Otto Wirsching-Dachau, titled In tempestate securitas, dated 1915, a marine landscape, 44 × 34 cm, Germany, Moderne, signed, original edition, framed under glass.
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Offered is a rare original woodcut by the Dachau artist Otto Wirsching-Dachau.
Title: In tempestate securitas
Approximate translation: Security in the storm / Weather security
Artist: Otto Wirsching, also Otto Wirsching-Dachau
Technique: Original woodcut / hand print
Dating: circa 1915
Subject size: approx. 25.7 × 20.9 cm, according to comparison evidence
Depiction: A ship in heavy seas, a sailor with a mermaid in his arm, bottom right a rat jumping overboard. At the top of the image a banner with the Latin inscription IN TEMPESTATE SECURITAS.
Label: bottom left described as original woodcut / hand print, bottom right signed “Otto Wirsching-Dachau”.
Condition: age-appropriate condition, paper browned, slight age-related traces/spot possible. Framed under glass. Please assess condition based on the photos.
Otto Wirsching was born in 1889 in Nuremberg and died in 1919 in Dachau. He was a painter and wood engraver and is attributed to the Dachau artist milieu. In Dachau he turned especially to graphics and worked, among other things, for the Dachauer Einhorn-Verlag.
The work comes from the liquidation of a private art collection and is offered privately, not commercially.
Offered is a rare original woodcut by the Dachau artist Otto Wirsching-Dachau.
Title: In tempestate securitas
Approximate translation: Security in the storm / Weather security
Artist: Otto Wirsching, also Otto Wirsching-Dachau
Technique: Original woodcut / hand print
Dating: circa 1915
Subject size: approx. 25.7 × 20.9 cm, according to comparison evidence
Depiction: A ship in heavy seas, a sailor with a mermaid in his arm, bottom right a rat jumping overboard. At the top of the image a banner with the Latin inscription IN TEMPESTATE SECURITAS.
Label: bottom left described as original woodcut / hand print, bottom right signed “Otto Wirsching-Dachau”.
Condition: age-appropriate condition, paper browned, slight age-related traces/spot possible. Framed under glass. Please assess condition based on the photos.
Otto Wirsching was born in 1889 in Nuremberg and died in 1919 in Dachau. He was a painter and wood engraver and is attributed to the Dachau artist milieu. In Dachau he turned especially to graphics and worked, among other things, for the Dachauer Einhorn-Verlag.
The work comes from the liquidation of a private art collection and is offered privately, not commercially.
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Artist
Otto Wirsching Dachau
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
In tempestate securitas
Technique
Woodcut print
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
1915
Condition
Fair condition
Height
44 cm
Width
34 cm
Depiction/theme
Seascape
Style
Modern
Period
1910-1920
Sold with frame
Yes
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