Freihafenbrücke I. 1932.
Metal print.
Signed, titled and inscribed "Selbstdruck". From an edition of at least 8 copies. On firm, brown wove paper. 44.9 x 59.7 cm (17.6 x 23.5 in). Sheet: 49,8 x 65,9 cm (19,6 x 25,9 in).
From the series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges), which was first exhibited at the Commeter Gallery in Hamburg in October 1932. [AW].

• The series “Hamburger Brücken” (Hamburg Bridges) is considered a key work within Nesch's technically innovative graphic art, it was the first time he used his new metal printing technique.
• Another print from this edition is in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
• This is the first time a work from this edition is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• In Norway, Nesch is considered one of the country's most important artists.
• Nesch participated in documenta 1, II, and III (1955, 1959, 1964) in Kassel.
• In autumn 2025, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart shows the major exhibition “Prägungen und Entfaltungen” (Imprints and Developments), featuring graphic works by, among others, Rolf Nesch.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (probably acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s).
In family ownership ever since.

LITERATURE: Sidsel Helliesen, Bodil Sørensen, Rolf Nesch. The Complete Graphic Works, Milan 2009, catalogue raisonné no. 448.

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