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Heinrich Zille (1858-1929), Graphic, ‘Zeitungskinder’, c. 1906

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 EUR Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR
Heinrich Zille (1858-1929), Graphic, ‘Zeitungskinder’, c. 1906
Photogravure on etching board
Germany, c. 1906/after 1923
Heinrich Zille (1858-1929) – Significant Berlin-based illustrator and graphic artist
Signed lower right in pencil ‘H. Zille’
Monogrammed lower right in the plate ‘H.Z.’
Print after the pen drawing ‘Der olle Affe kiekt sich immer noch um’
Copy from the first (A) of two printing plates
Catalog raisonné: Rosenbach 44 presumably b (of c)
Plate dimensions: 16.8 x 12.8 cm
Heinrich Zille is considered as an important illustrator of the people of Berlin life. Especially favored are representations with children; the photogravure ‘Zeitungskinder’ fetches up to 1,900 euro at international auctions

This photogravure after a pen drawing shows two girls walking side by side and carrying big bags with newspapers. One of the girl is looking back over her shoulder. Probably to the ‘olle Affe' (old bozo) who according to the commenting title of the pen drawing still looks back at them. Heinrich Zille made two printing plates from this drawing and circulate prints of both. The present copy is a print of the first plate A, which comprises Zilles’ monogram and is slightly larger than the second plate B.

The photogravure is signed lower right in pencil ‘H. Zille’ monogrammed lower right in the plate ‘H. Z.’. The sheet is slightly unfresh due to age and irregularly trimmed. It bears a sharp crease with an associated tiny tear (0.4 cm) in the upper right corner resp. right sheet edge. The overall impression is good. The plate measures 16.8 x 12.8 cm, the sheet 25.3 x 21.9 cm.

Heinrich Zille (1858-1929)

Heinrich Zille came from an impoverished family, often plagued by creditors, and the young Heinrich was forced to earn money with small errands at an early age. He also earned the money for his first drawing lessons himself and served his apprenticeship under a lithographer after leaving school; at the same time he studied under Professor Theodor Hosemann, who advised him to go to the streets, to observe and to draw. After completing his studies Zille was employed by different graphic firms before working for the Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin (Photographic Association Berlin) from 1877 onwards for thirty consecutive years. After his discharge from the military, he began to work as a freelance painter while still working for the Photographische Gesellschaft and developed his characteristic style: his works are characterised by scenes from the Berlin “Milljöh”, from the backstreets and the world of the proletarian underclass, to which he often added typical Berlin witticisms. In 1903 Zille became a member of the Berlin Secession. He was a close friend of Max Liebermann and became more and more known and popular, resulting in his appointment as Professor at the Prussian Academy of the Arts in 1924. After his death in 1929, Zille was buried in an Ehrengrab (grave of honour). A museum in Berlin is dedicated to the exceptional artist, countless streets and schools are named after him. The art museum of Mühlheim / Ruhr owns the largest collection of Zille drawings outside of Berlin.
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