Geiger, Willi. The common goal and other things. Drawn in the holy city of Rome in the months Nov. Dec. 1905 - Jan. February 1906. 12 signed, partly colored original ink drawings on wove paper. Each signed, dated and titled in India ink. Rome, 1905-1906. sheet dimensions: 16 x 13.5 cm to 32.5 x 28.5 cm. Sub-cartons: 65.5 x 48 cm. Cf. Bilder-Lexikon Bilder-Lexikon II, 432 - The cycle of grotesque-erotic drawings is considered Geiger's main work and consists of the following drawings: I. Title drawing in red and black over handwritten title. Dated "Rome Nov. 12, 1905." Motif dimensions: 14.5 x 12 cm. - II "The common goal". In red and black. "Rome on Dec. 17, 1905". 34 x 22 cm. - III "The whore". In red and black. "Rome on Dec. 15, 1905. 18.5 x 35 cm. - IV "Let the little ones come to me". "Rome on February 25, 1906". 25 x 35 cm. - V. "Das Mädchen mit dem Flußbarsch" or "Die Wonnen des Lasters". In pink and black. "Rome on Dec. 11, 190"5. 24 x 39.5 cm. - VI "The Foot Fetishist". "Rome on February 23, 1906". 24 x 38.5 cm. - VII "Visitation of the Virgin". In pink and black. "Rome on January 20, 1906". 23 x 38 cm. - VIII "Onan" or "The Curl of Madame de Furiel". "Rome on January 11, 1906". 30 x 27 cm. - IX. "ego ad flagella paratussum". "Rome on February 28, 1906". 26 x 40 cm. - X. "The desecrator of corpses". "Rome on January 17, 1906". 30 x 27 cm. - XI "The lust trunk". "Rome on Dec. 17, 1905". 24 x 27.5 cm. - XII "The forget-me-not". "Rome on February 28, 1906". 26.5 x 22 cm. - The sections colored here in pink were reproduced in red in the volumes published in 1907 by a "southern German publisher as a private print". - All drawings laminated on card and mounted in folding mounts, some of these slightly browned and stained, a few drawings minimally rubbed, otherwise very good. - Provenance: From the collection of Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Frankfurt.