Blooming Tree (Bluhender Baum)
Woodcut, 1925, edition unknown. 31 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil; inscribed "handdruck." This is a fine impression printed on a fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is the artist's largest and best known print. Her editions were probably about 40-50 impressions. Reinberger and her family were friends with Josef Hoffmann, the important Austrian architect and designer. She specialized in blockprints and many of her works are in the Albertina, including this image. Other prints are currently available. Provenance: Private collection, Berlin.
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Four Figures, Facing Left
Woodcut, circa 1920, edition probably about fifty. 15 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "handdruck". A superb impression in fine condition. Full margins. Reinberger's extraordinary woodcuts grew from her family's friendship with Josef Hoffmann. Beautiful design, vision and craftsmanship come together in these Successionist era images. A large collection of her prints are in the Albertina in Vienna. (See Eva Matthaus Holzschnitte von Gertraud Reinberger Graphische Kunst, 15/2 (1980)).
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Salome
Woodcut, 1920-25, edition fifty or fewer. 15 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression on Japanese paper. Fine condition. Full margins. Reinberger's extraordinary woodcuts developed in part from her family's friendship with Josef Hoffmann. Her work is well-represented at the Albertina.
$1,800

Symbolic Figure, Facing Right
Woodcut, circa 1920, edition probably about 50. 12 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression in very good condition. Minor foxing, verso, along bottom edge of sheet. Wide if not full margins.
$1,650

Symbolic Figures
Woodcut, 1919, edition unknow but certainly small. 7 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression on off-white Japanese paper. Full margins. This print is exemplary of the unique art and design produced in Vienna in the early part of the 20th century. Reinberger's woodcuts are in the Albertina and other European and American museum collections.
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