Otto Rudolf Schatz. Mädchens: Album of 12 watercolour erotic drawings / Prague, 1941.

Schatz, Otto Rudolf (Austrian, 1900–1961)
Title: Mädchens
Type: Pictorial album (hand-painted)
Place of Production: Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (under German occupation), 1941
Date: 1941
Language: German (hand-lettered)

Description:
Pictorial album comprising 12 original watercolours painted on six double-leaves of laid paper (each 330 × 225 mm), folded at the outer margin. Includes: 1 blank leaf, 1 title leaf with vignette, 6 double-leaves painted on both sides, and one colophon.
Title leaf inscribed in script: Mädchens;
Final page signed and dated in ink: O. R. SCHATZ | PRAG | 1941
Pencil annotation in upper corner: N.68

Medium:
Pen and ink with watercolour on laid paper (12 original works)

Binding:
Japanese stab binding with white thread; painted cardboard covers with vertical multicoloured stripes resembling ribbon marbling. The endpapers feature a monochrome, printed abstract pattern.

Dimensions:
Sheets: 330 × 225 mm
Album: 339 × 240 mm

Note:
The sequence depicts a lesbian erotic scene involving three young women in intimate interaction, unfolding across the pages as a continuous visual narrative. Mädchens is a colloquial German plural meaning “young women” or “girls.” The playful -s ending reflects informal usage.

Provenance:
From the liquidation of the collection or estate of Wolfdietrich Hassfurther.

Artist:
Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900–1961), painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Active in Vienna and Prague; known for politically engaged visual art and modernist experimentation.