Artist
Will Schestak 1918 – 2012
About the work
Will Schestak portrayed the painter and graphic artist Martha Schrag at the age of 82. Two years earlier, at the age of eighty, she had been made an honorary citizen of the city of Chemnitz. An honorary pension made it possible for her to acquire prints by artist friends in order to support them. She gave the works to the museum as a gift. In this way, for example, prints by Elisabeth Ahnert and Heinz Tetzner were added to the collection. Martha Schrag was a friend of the lawyer and collector Dr. Helmut Brückner. In 1977 the drawing came into the possession of the Graphic Arts Collcetion from his estate.
Year
1952
Material / Technique
Black chalk
Dimensions of the object
57,3 x 43,7 cm
Signature
sign. und dat. o. r.: W. Schestak 1952; bez. u. l. [von Martha Schrag]: M. Schrag
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 2644
Access
1977 legacy of Dr. Helmut Brückner, Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/László Tóth
© Rechtsnachfolger:innen von Will Schestak
Status
Not on display
Year
1952
Material / Technique
Black chalk
Dimensions of the object
57,3 x 43,7 cm
Signature
sign. und dat. o. r.: W. Schestak 1952; bez. u. l. [von Martha Schrag]: M. Schrag
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 2644
Access
1977 legacy of Dr. Helmut Brückner, Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/László Tóth
© Rechtsnachfolger:innen von Will Schestak
Status
Not on display
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