Ritter Ungestüm [The Impetuous Knight] 1900
Heinrich Vogeler
* 1872 in Bremen † 1942 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Pen and black ink, heightened with white. Size of sheet: 11.1 x 8.5 cm.
Signed with monogram.
Preparatory drawing for the frontispiece of ‘Ritter Ungestüm’ by Alfred Walter Heymel, first published in 1900 by Insel Verlag publishers. Vogeler designed the frontispiece and coloured endpapers. The book is considered one of the inaugural publications for Insel Verlag (Sarkowski 728).1
Vogeler was a close friend of the author and designed the interior of his apartment in Leopoldstraße, Munich, the same year as the publication of the book. He had begun working for Insel Verlag a year earlier, in 1899.
1 Alfred Walter Heymel. Ritter Ungestüm. Eine Geschichte erzählt von Alfred Walter Heymel. Leipzig, Insel 1900. Mit einem Frontispiz und farbigem Vorsatzpapier von Heinrich Vogeler. Printed edition of 650 copies.
£ 4,500