Max Burchartz (1887-1961) - Lot 150

Max Burchartz (1887-1961) Raskolnikoff. (Illustrations for the novel by F. Dostoyevsky, Crimes and Punishments). 10 Steinzeichnungen von Max Burchartz / Mit einem Vorwort von P. E. Küppers. Galerie Flechtheim ed. 1919. A large album in-fol. [505 x 690] containing the complete suite of 10 plates preceded by a leaf with the proof of issue on the front and the foreword on the back, with a 3-line pencil letter from the artist ("Im Auftrag von Herrn Flechtheim / und mit guten Grüssen von ihm / und mir!"), dated "15.X.19". Lithograph. Each [490 x 680]. Very fine prints on thin yellowish vellum, titled in pencil, annotated "Probedruck" ("trial proof") and signed. All margins. Grey cardboard portfolio with flaps of the edition decorated with a lithograph on the 1st plate (faded). Total edition of 100 copies.