eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1h0575 LUDENDORFF-SPENDE FUR KRIEGSBESCHADIGTE 11x17 German WWI war poster 1918 Hohlwein art, rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage German World War I Poster (measures 10 3/4" x 16 3/4" [27 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) Ludendorff-Spende Fur Kriegsbeschadigte (literally translates to "Ludendorff Donation for War Invalids"), the 1918 German World War I (WWI) Home Front charity poster encouraging people to donate to disabled soldiers, and featuring Ludwig Hohlwein artwork of a German soldier with a crutch, holding a pair of pliers and a hammer. Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a German general who was victorious at Liege and the Battle of Tannenberg during World War I (WWI). In 1916, he was promoted to Quartermaster General and together with Paul von Hindenburg, became the chief power behind the management of Germany's military efforts until his resignation in 1918. The fund was set up in May of 1918 by Emma Tscheuschner to assist war-disabled soldiers help transition back to civilian life. The fund collected around 150,000,000 Reichsmarks and continued until 1923. Erich Ludendorff was the Honorary Chairman of the fund. Ludwig Hohlwein was a German artist from the 1890s until his passing in 1949. He is one of the best known German poster artists (though his reputation suffered because of his work with the Nazis)! Initially an architect student who illustrated for newspapers, he went on to design book decorations, booklets, and advertising posters. He joined the Nazi Regime in 1933 after refusing an offer to emigrate to the United States, and created government program posters as well as advertisements for the 1936 Munich Olympics. Poster historian Alain Weill says "Hohlwein was the most prolific and brilliant German posterist of the 20th century. Beginning with his first efforts, Hohlwein found his style with disconcerting facility. It would vary little for the next forty years. The drawing was perfect from the start, nothing seemed alien to him, and in any case, nothing posed a problem for him. His figures are full of touches of color and a play of light and shade that brings them out of their background and gives them substance". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Ludwig Hohlwein Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Also, this poster has an unusual provenance. It came from a collection of a man named Edward H. McCrahon, who, although he was a Brooklyn-born American, served in the French army in early World War I, prior to the U.S. entering the war. While in France, he first encountered war posters, and it was love at first sight, and he started collecting them, and by the mid 1930s, he had what is believed to be the best collection of war posters ever (and he was written up in Ripley's Believe It or Not!). He was very happy to lend his posters to museums for exhibitions, and because he recognized that being on public display and being transported could be harmful to their condition, he had many of his posters coated with a clear coating that was NOT varnish. Posters that are varnished almost always turn amber colored, while the clear coating that McCrahon used sometimes did not change the color. This poster was purchased by our consignor from a Guernsey's auction of 1,400+ war posters from the McCrahon collection, and he has had it ever since, until he has consigned it to us. Please be aware that this poster has this clear coating on it that almost certainly can't be removed, but, as evidenced by looking at the poster, it has not changed color in many decades, and almost certainly never will! Note also that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 23 1/4" x 33 3/4" [59 x 86 cm]. Condition: good. Please read the information above before reading this condition information. Many years ago, to prepare for an exhibition, the owner had the poster mounted to a very thin linen with no excess and someone applied a clear coating to this poster at that time that was NOT varnish, and it has not darkened the poster (see our image). In addition, two metal hooks were glued to the back of the top left and top right of the poster. There are many light creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster but the poster displays well in spite of all of the above. But please look closely at our super-sized image and read all of the above before you bid on this poster, which comes from the greatest collection of war posters ever assembled! Learn More about condition grades
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