 
1920's Drypoint Etching by Max Bruning - Semi Nude Woman Smoking Turkish Pipe
Wonderful 1920's drypoint etching with a sepia tint signed in pencil by the German artist Max Bruning. This work features a semi nude woman in a seated position who is smoking a Turkish water pipe. Her exotic surroundings include animal skin wraps and rug with a Moorish table. The etching measures approx. 11.5 inches by 16 (image is 10-3/4" by 8-1/2"). Condition is good with some minor soiling and rubbing in the margins, this includes the signature. The image itself is not rubbed or toned from exposure to sunlight.
Bruning, Max (Delitzsch, 1887 - Lindau, 1968). At the age of 15 Bruning attended the Leipzig Academy of Art where he studied under Austrian painter Alois Kolb and printmaker Peter Halm. During the First World War (1914-1918) he was an official war artist, with a commission from the German government. However, it is the erotic art produced by Max Bruning during the 1920’s for which he is well known. In addition to his limited edition etchings, his naughty images were also reproduced on postcards and used for advertising purposes. In the 1930’s the rise of Hitler’s government caused him to flee to Austria. When the war ended in 1945 he settled in Lindau. Here the art he created consisted mostly landscape paintings and watercolors. According to the website artoftheprint.com – “Although Max Bruning did not number his engravings and etchings in specific editions, they were published in quite small numbers. As well, many impressions were destroyed as degenerate art when the Nazis took power. Thus his remarkable art is today quite scarce.”
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