Zeugnis (Grade book) – a set of fifteen plates, incl. the title page and the colophon, that tells the story of a schoolgirl whose parents spanked her for not being a good student.

Watercolour and ink on 244 x 344 mm cream laid paper with Hahnemühle’s watermark (rooster with a shield), signed and dated in manuscript on the last page (colophon) “O. R. SCHATZ | 1954 | X”, unbound (disbound), with four binding holes in the left margin of each sheet; no boards.

Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961).