Norbertine Bresslern-Roth - Linolschnitte - 1924

Norbertine Breßlern-Roth (1891–1978) – Linocuts – Early original edition, Vienna 1924

Vienna: Eckart-Verlag, 1924 (dating according to contemporary museum records).

With accompanying text by Dr. Alphons Poller. From the series Eckart-Art Books.

Rare early monograph on the graphic work of the significant Austrian animal painter and printmaker Norbertine Breßlern-Roth.

Contents: 16–17 unpaginated sheets (bibliographically counted differently), with nine full-color plates in chromolithography (printed on the verso), and seven color-illustrated text images after the linocuts by the artist. Large octavo, approx. 24.5 × 17.5 cm. Illustrated original paper-covered boards with mounted colored cover image.

The expressive animal depictions show Breßlern-Roth’s extraordinary mastery of form, movement, and color composition. Motifs depicted include, among others, deer, tigers, squirrels, and fire salamanders.

Particularly notable are the vivid, sometimes full-page plates with clearly delineated color fields, which powerfully convey the impact of the early multi-color linocuts.

Breßlern-Roth ranks among the important pioneers of artistic color linocut. Her original prints are today internationally sought-after collector’s items.

The present early book publication documents her artistic development during the particularly productive 1920s.

Condition: Original binding with light age-related signs of wear. The plates shown appear vivid in color and well preserved.

An attractive collectible of Austrian graphic art from the interwar period.