Beschreibung
Batch of two one-colour woodcuts by Thilo Maatsch (*).
Signed, dated and hand-justified by the artist.
Edited in handmade cotton paper.
Both of them include a Certificate of authenticity (COA)
Dimensions of the sheet: 30.5 x 43 cm
Edition: x/XX y x/100
Condition Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, it has always been kept in a professional art folder, so it is kept in very good condition)
The edition of the works finally offered may differ from those shown in the images.
The works will be carefully handled and packaged in a flat, reinforced cardboard package. Registered shipping with a tracking number.
Registered shipping with a tracking number. The shipment will also include transportation insurance with full refund in case of loss or damage, at no cost for the buyer.
(*) Thilo Friedrich Maatsch (1900, Braunschweig – 1983, Königslutter) was a German artist and an exponent of abstract art, constructivism and concrete art.
He came into contact with art while visiting exhibitions during his youth. 18 years after his birth, he founded with Johannes Molzahn and Rudolf Jahns the „Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst“ (Society of the Adorer of Young Art), which was joined by various distinguished artists such as for example Lyonel Feininger y Paul Klee. The collector Otto Ralfs supported this organisation and Kandinsky designed the seal. Maatsch’s circle of friends and acquaintances were among the aforementioned artists, László Moholy-Nagy, William Wauer and Lothar Schreyer. Kandinsky fostered Maatsch’s talent and admired him as his own father. Due to financial problems, Maatsch was unable to study at the Bauhaus.
Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky and Klee allowed him to work in their studios. Kandinsky, along with the Bauhaus, would most likely discover a permit for Maatsch to attend the Bauhaus in Berlin and Weimar during his holidays (he worked as a teacher at Königslutter) without paying fees.
In 1925 he joined the November Group and from that year onwards until 1932 he participated every year in the famous „Große Berliner Kunstausstellung“. In 1927, Herwarth Walden, one of the most important discoverers of German avant-garde art in the early 20th century, organised an exhibition for Maatsch in his prestigious gallery “Der Sturm”. Determined by Nazi politics, his artwork was considered degenerate. Maatsch’s rediscovery took place in 1966.
