[GROTTGER Arthur] - Im Thale der Thränen. [The War (Fall of Tears)]. Erklärende Worte von Hans Max....

[GROTTGER Arthur] - Im Thale der Thränen. [The War (Fall of Tears)]. Erklärende Worte von Hans Max. Zweite Auflage. Wien 1869; Verlag L. Angerer. 4, pp. [15], plates 11. binding original decorated portfolio, gilt.
Portfolio spine foreign, portfolio wings glued in spine, portfolio slightly rubbed, boards very good condition. Portfolio made in W. Schäppel's bindery in Leipzig. Gilt titlepage on the cover, bordered with geometric and floral borders. Introduction by H. Max in German, dedicated to the author's work and with poetic commentary to the individual 11 boards - photographic reproductions of works by Artur Grottger - one of three drawing cycles in his oeuvre. Photographs pasted on original backings with captions in German and French. The cycle "War" (the last in the artist's oeuvre) was created in 1866-1867 - it consists of the following works: !. "Go into the valley of tears"; II. Bad omens (Comet); III. Drawing of recruits; IV. Departure for war; V. The conflagration; VI. Famine; VII. Betrayal and punishment; VIII. Stripping the fallen (Humans or jackals?); IX. Orphans; X. Sacrilege; XI. In the artist's studio. Infrequent.