Metal print. Signed, titled and inscribed "Selbstdruck" (self-printed). From an edition of at least 8 copies. On firm, brownish wove paper. 44.9 x 59.2 cm. Sheet: 49,8 x 64,7 cm.
From the series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges), which was first exhibited at the Commeter Gallery in Hamburg in October 1932. [AW].

• In 1929, Rolf Nesch settled in Hamburg, however, he was forced to emigrate to Norway in 1933 when the National Socialists seized power.
• The series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges) is considered a key work within Nesch's technically innovative graphic art, it was the first time he used his new metal printing technique. - This is the first time that a work from this edition is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). - Other copies of this work are in, among others, the Kunsthalle Bremen, the British Museum in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
• In autumn 2025, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart shows the major exhibition “Prägungen und Entfaltungen” (Imprints and Developments), featuring graphic works by, among others, Rolf Nesch.
LITERATURE: Sidsel Helliesen, Bodil Sørensen, Rolf Nesch. The Complete Graphic Works, Milan 2009, catalogue raisonné no. 456.

Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (probably acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s). In family ownership ever since

In good condition. Slightly sunned. The outer corners of the sheet are slightly bumped. The right edge of the sheet has slight crease marks. There are studio marks along the outer edges of the sheet. There is a small area of thinning paper in the lower right corner of the sheet.