Heinrich Nauen "Mutter und Kind" original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed on laid paper in 1919 for Genius. Plate size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (240 x 190mm). This etching is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift fur Werdende und Alte Kunst, a deluxe art revue founded in 1919 in the aftermath of The First World War. Europe was devastated by the War, both physically and psychologically, and Expressionist art was attempting to create a new artistic idiom. Not signed.