Richard Gutschmidt (Neuruppin 1861 - 1926 Munich),... Lot 224

Richard Gutschmidt (Neuruppin 1861 - 1926 Munich), ,Collection of six pen and ink drawings (illustrations) for: Friedrich Regensberg, "Königgrätz: Ein Schlachtenbild", Frankh Verlag, Stuttgart 1903, each pen and ink on card, one monogrammed, one signed, all with pencil annotations for printing, 9.5 x 17.5 to 33 x 24 cm, unmarked Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 180,- >> Painter, book illustrator a. graphic artist, 1884-91 pupil of Herterich and Löfftz at the Munich academy, active in Munich and Berlin, member of the Munich artists' cooperative, later of the Luitpold group, achieved greater fame when he was the first German artist to illustrate the Sherlock Holmes stories in 1902.