The Prints and Drawings of Max Pollak
Images from 1907-1940
The Annex Galleries
A selec'on of early intaglio prints and drawings by Austrian/American ar'st Max Pollak (1886 –1970), from the estate of the ar'st’s wife, Friedl Pollak. Max Pollak studied at the Austrian Academy of Art beginning in 1902, and traveled throughout Italy, France, and Holland following gradua'on to further his ar's'c research. With the onset of World War I, he was conscripted into service as an official painter for the Austrian Army, capturing harrowing images of life in war 'me.
The images in this collec'on are of the architecture and people of Vienna. They include works dated around WWI, which may have been based off of sketches Pollak made to keep himself occupied while he was serving in the Army, then used as references for intaglios when he had the 'me and materials.
This collec'on is an homage to that 'me and those places, and is just a small example of Pollak's vast output. Brief details on the works are included beneath each image. Contact the gallery for more informa'on:
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Schafberg, Vienna in Winter
Pastel and graphite drawing, 1932. Pencil signed.
On cream JB Whatman wove paper. 11-3/4 x 12-5/8” image size.
Inventory no. 24046
Wien - Augartenbrücke
Drypoint with roulece, printed chine-collé, ca. 1917.
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions).
Printed by the ar'st on delicate ivory laid collaged to cream wove. 4-1/8 x 6-3/4" platemark.
Inventory no. 23972
Wien, Beim Hofmuseum
Etching, drypoint, and roulece, 1908
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions).
Printed by the ar'st on thin cream simile-vellum wove.
8-7/8 x 4-11/16" platemark.
Inventory no. 23975
Wien, Belvedere
Color etching and aqua'nt with drypoint, ca. 1925. Pencil signed; unnumbered; ar'st later notes it is the “Only Print.”
Printed by the ar'st on thin an'que-white wove. 13 x 13-1/4" platemark. Inventory no. 23265
Wien, Katharinenhalle Reservespital
Etching and drypoint with hand-applied detail (preparatory proof), ca. 1918 Pencil signed; preparatory proof, unknown if an edi'on was printed.
Printed by the ar'st on cream Van Gelder wove paper 20-3/4 x 21-1/8” platemark.
Inventory no. 22816
Wien, Maria am Gestade
Etching, drypoint, and roulece, printed chine-collé, ca. 1920. Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions).
Printed by the ar'st on ivory 'ssue wove collaged to Van Gelder wove paper. 6-5/8 x 4-3/16” platemark.
Inventory no. 23986
Wien, Nussdorfer Lande
Color aqua'nt with drypoint, ca. 1931
Pencil signed and edi'oned, 3/100 (ar'st later notes around 15 impressions (“Print a. 15”).
Printed by the ar'st on cream laid paper 7-3/16 x 18-3/16” platemark.
Inventory no. 22845
Wien, Schulof
Drypoint, ca. 1915
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions).
Printed by the ar'st on light ivory Ven Gelder laid paper 7-9/16 x 5-3/16” platemark.
Inventory no. 23985
Wien, Schwarzenberg Palais
Aqua'nt and sokground etching, ca. 1919. Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 50 impressions)
Printed by the ar'st on cream wove paper. 23 x 19-5/16” platemark. Inventory no. 22607
Wien, Stephanskirche
Etching and color aqua'nt, printed a la poupeé, ca. 1925
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions)
Printed by the ar'st on ivory Van Gelder wove paper. 14-15/16 x 11-7/8” platemark.
Inventory no. 22540
Alt Wien, Karlskirche
Etching and sokground etching with color aqua'nt, ca. 1915.
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions)
Printed by the ar'st on heavy cream wove paper. 22-3/4 x 20-1/8” platemark.
Inventory no. 23196
Alt Wien, Karlskirche
Etching and sokground etching, ca. 1915.
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions)
Printed by the ar'st on heavy cream wove paper. 22-3/4 x 20-1/8” platemark.
Inventory no. 24590
Alt Wien, Franziskanerplatz
Etching and aqua'nt, ca. 1910.
Pencil signed; edi'on size not stated (likely fewer than 20 impressions)
Printed by the ar'st on heavy cream wove paper. 19-3/8 x 19-1/8” platemark.
Inventory no. 23668
Alt Wien, Freihaus
Etching and sokground etching with color aqua'nt, ca. 1915. Pencil signed and edi'oned 23/75 (likely fewer than 25 impressions).
Printed by the ar'st on cream Van Gelder wove paper 16-3/4 x 29-5/8” platemark. Inventory no 24693
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