Geiger, Willi. Love. Ten original etchings. Munich, Piper, 1904. 2 sheets (title and contents/imprint). 54.5 x 38 cm. Original cardboard portfolio with cover title (spine and edges reinforced with linen strips). One of 50 copies, signed by Geiger in the imprint. - Rare and at the same time the earliest graphic series by Willi Geiger. - "The technically masterful etching cycle 'Liebe' (Love), created in 1904/5, shows him much more mature, in which he now depicts blood-filled scenes from life, which, although born of the same pessimistic spirit, are nevertheless purely painterly." (Thieme-Becker XIII, 345) - Field with numbering cut out and backed. - The etchings printed on imperial handmade Japanese paper by Gebrüder Wetteroth, Munich. Monogrammed and dated in the plate. Sheet size: 53 x 37 cm. - Content: 1. the kiss. 2 St. John's Night. 3 Serenade. 4 The Sacrifice. 5 The Surprise. 6 The Pause. 7 The Reckoning. 8. withering. 9. the desert. 10. the thousandth bridal night. - Text sheets with marginal tears, sheet contents with crease in center. The etchings in good condition. VAT: *