OTTO NÜCKEL* (Cologne 1888 - 1955 Cologne) Graveyard choir pencil/parchment paper 7 x 9,5 cm signed O. Nükel ESTIMATE °€ 150 - € 300 STARTING PRICE € 150 Otto Nückel had been drawing and painting since childhood. After dropping out of medical school in Freiburg im Breisgau, he moved to Munich to continue his professional development as a painter. Nückel was a member of the artists' association "Munich Secession" and the "7 Munich Painters". He was one of the first to work with lead cutting. He caused a sensation with his book "Fate. A Story in Pictures" (Delphin Verlag, Munich, 1930). Nückel earned his living as an employee of the satirical magazines "Simplicissimus" and "Simpl" as well as the children's magazine "Ping-Pong". He designed illustrations and caricatures. His entire work is dominated by the bizarre and a profound irony, which can even be scathing sarcasm works. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and, the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.