A beautiful circa 1925 pre-Depression era Berlin scene by artist Hermann Teuber (1894-1985). This etching and drypoint depicts a number of well heeled Berlin equestrians and strollers promenading past the park-like grounds of the the Old Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei). Ironically, the building soon thereafter became the main domicile of Adolf Hitler who's government then declared the work of Hermann Teuber to be "degenerate" and had all of his works removed from public collections, the building itself did not survive the war.  

The etching is hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, the plate measures 8 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches, sheet size is approx. 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches with a deckle edge on the bottom. It is printed in black ink on antique-white laid paper with part of a BSB watermark. Aside from a very minor crease in the margin at the bottom edge, it is in excellent condition, no mat burn or tape residue - it does not appear to have ever been framed or matted. This is an uncommon example of Teuber's pre-war art, most of his available work stems from the 1950s and 60s.
 
Hermann Teuber (1894-1985) was a well regarded German printmaker. Following service at the front in World War I, he studied at the Art Academy in Dresden and soon after at the Art Academy in Berlin under both Hans Meid and Karl Hofer. Upon finishing his education, Teuber settled in Berlin and worked as a freelance artist. He received the Albrecht Dürer Prize for engraving from the city of Nuremberg in 1931, but in 1938 was declared a degenerate artist by the Nazi dictatorship. Shortly before the war end of World War II Teuber’s studio in Berlin was destroyed.  In 1950, he was named Professor of Graphic Arts at the College of Fine Arts in Berlin.