A powerful architectural etching by German Expressionist artist Paul Vahrenhorst (1880-1951). A dynamic composition depicting a large building at the confluence of two rivers both spanned by bridges in an unidentified European river city.

It is a numbered proof (4/60), and is hand signed in pencil by the artist in lower right margin. The image measures approx. 7 x 8 5/8 inches, sheet size is approx. 9 1/4 x 11 inches. It is printed in black ink on ivory toned heavy laid paper,  aside from old tape residue on reverse in top corners, it is excellent condition and ready for framing.

Paul Vahrenhorst was born in Latvia in 1880, he began his studies at an art academy in Riga. By 1900 he'd moved to Berlin to study with Lovis Corinth and, in 1905, moved on to Paris to work under Matisse. From 1917 to 1918 Vahrenhorst was in Finland and after the first world war he settled in Munich. There he often exhibited at the regular exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace. From the late 1920s to 1944, Vahrenhorst lived on the Mediterranean coast near Nice. The artist died in 1951 in Maising, Germany.