Lot 111: Franz Nolken, German 1884-1918- ''Portrait of Max

Franz Nolken, German 1884-1918- ''Portrait of Max Reger''; drypoint etching, signed and dated 1916 within the plate, signed in pencil, 15.2x11.8cm Note: Max Reger (1873-1916) was a progressive early modernist composer who expanded upon the styles of Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms to bring German music into the twentieth century. He was extremely prolific and wrote more than 1000 works in his lifetime in all forms except opera