German book designer, painter and graphic artist (1878-1956). Autograph signature. "Wahllager". 09.09.1917. Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page.
$ 192 / 180 €
(84511/BN55017)
Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau. - One of the most prominent figures of the German "Buchkunst" movement, Kleukens was appointed artistic director of the Ernst-Ludwig-Presse in Darmstadt in 1907 and founded his own printing press, the Ratio-Presse, after the First World War. The valuable limited edition books they produced are still sought after today. - Faint traces of a postmark. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.