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Rudolf Schlichter

Calw 1890 – 1955 Munich

Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24

Charcoal on thin paper. 57,5 × 40,5 cm (22 ⅝ × 16 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut). Circa 1923/24.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,710

 

- 7,060

Sold for:

8,255 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 372

Friday, November 28th 2025, 11:00 AM

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Charcoal on thin paper. 57,5 × 40,5 cm (22 ⅝ × 16 in.). Signed in pencil lower right: R. Schlichter. Inscribed in the lower margin: „In Menschenhaut“ (Walter Mehring) [...]. Minor margin imperfections. [3106] Framed

We would like to thank Dr. Sigrid Lange, Königswinter, for kindly providing additional information.

Minor margin imperfections

Christina and Volker Huber, Offenbach (acquired in 1999 at Irene Lehr, Berlin)

Rudolf Schlichter. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Grafiken der 20er Jahre. Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, 1978, ill. 45 / Rudolf Schlichter 1890-1955. Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, und Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1984, ccat. no. 374 / Envisioning America. Prints, Drawings, and Photographs by George Grosz and his Contemporaries, 1915–1933. Harvard University, Busch-Reisinger Museum; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, 1990, cat. no. 13, ill. 24 / Rudolf Schlichter. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum; München, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 1997/98, cat. no. 50, ill. p. 126

Walter Mehring: In Menschenhaut - Aus Menschenhaut - Um Menschenhaut herum. Phantastika. Mit Zeichnungen von Rudolf Schlichter. Potsdam, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1924, ill. p. 157 / Auktion 8: Dr. Irene Lehr, Berlin, 26.6.1999, cat. no. 313, ill. pl.18

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