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Vintage Cut Paper Silhouettes by German Artist Lotte Gützlaff 13-7/8” x 12-1/8”

$125.00

Pair of charming 1930s cut paper silhouettes, or Scherenschnitte, by German artist Lotte Gützlaff (history below).  Intricately cut traditional Bavarian scenes depicting friends singing accompanied by guitar and drinking a toast.  Each is framed under glass with black mat in a gold and black frame. The captions and signature may be stamps, rather than hand written or printed.  Overall dimensions: 13-7/8” x 12-1/8”; image: 9.25” x 7.5”.  I’ve numbered them for easy reference.

1 “I only want to live on the Rhine” – Two males and a female at a tavern next to the Rhine River with a castle on a distant hilltop; a dog observes the proceedings.  There’s some damp staining along the upper left edge, a small puncture and tear near the upper right corner, and some of the cutout paper is loose, with a couple of small tears—see photos.

2 “Old Fraternity” [loose translation] – A similar scene with three males and a female on a stone terrace with a castle in the background.  There’s a smudge next to the upper left edge of the mat, a small puncture in the center near the top edge of the scene, and some damage to the cutout paper on the female’s costume and right side of the castle—see photos.

Some nicks and scuffs on both frames but nothing that detracts.  The dust cover on no. 2 is upside down.  Unique addition to a gallery wall or home bar.

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HISTORY (from online sources):  The only information I was able to find about the artist is that she was one of the popular and successful paper artists active between the two world wars (1920s – 1930s), the most recent heyday of this art form.  Much of her work was based on traditional German volksleider, or folk songs, and although her art is considered “popular,” examples are included in museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art [from online sources].

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