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Schroder (Otto), Levinson (Olga)

1.) ADOLPH JENTSCH - SOUTH WEST AFRICAN WATERCOLOURS (1958) - former copy of Esme Berman 2.) Booklet on SW African ART inscribed

Published: Ferdinand Stich, Swakopmund, 1958

Edition: First Editions

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1.) ADOLPH JENTSCH - SOUTH WEST AFRICAN WATERCOLOURS

Uncommon first edition published by Ferdinand Stich, Swakopmund, 1958.

Slim 32pp. hardcover booklet. Illustrated with black and white and colour reproductions of the artist's paintings. German text by Otto Schroder and English and Afrikaans text by P. Anton Hendriks.

Previously owned by art historian and author Esmé Berman with her signature and date on front endpaper.

Contents clean. The paper strip on the spine has split.

2.) An article by Olga Levinson titled The Historical Development of Art in South West Africa and its Significance

This article was reprinted in booklet form and contains information on some of the major artists of South West Africa including Jentsch.

The booklet is inscribed in pencil on the front endpaper, "For Esmé with love Olga." (Levinson quotes Berman on the second page [page 161] of her article)

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