This lithograph is one of a pair that Hermann Struck made of the same pastry vendor. Here we see the boy standing in full figure with his tray suspended around his neck and dressed for cold weather in a coat that falls to the top of his shoes. The print (Rusel, 440L), on tan wove paper, is unsigned, but is dated, Lodz 23.2.15, in the upper left corner. Except for small stains and creasing along the edges, the piece is in very good condition.

sheet size: height - 10 1/4"; width - 9"

Hermann Struck's sensitive lithographic portrait is of a Jewish luggage carrier working at the Kovno train station. He published this image in the July, 1916 Skizzen-Mappe, der "Kownoer Zeitung", an issue that was devoted to the Kovno train station. Printed on thin wove paper, the portrait is in good condition with a very faint mat stain. Signed Struck just below the apron, no edition number.

sheet size: height - 11"; width - 8 1/2"

This magnificent portrait is another in the series that Struck, while serving in the German Army, made of Jewish workers in Eastern Europe. Although dressed for cold weather in a heavy full length coat, it is obvious that this young man is powerfully built and takes pride in his labors. The lithograph (Rusel, 459L), in very good condition despite some faint staining outside the image, is on tan wove paper. Hermann Struck signed it on the bottom left edge of the figure and titled (Jüdischer Lastträger) and dated (Lodz 19.2.15) it in the plate.

sheet size: height - 10 5/8"; width - 8 3/4"

A young Cheder student sits at a desk pondering the day's lesson. This Hermann Struck lithograph is printed on a light-tan wove paper. It is signed and titled in pencil just below the image. The print is in excellent condition.

sheet size: height - 6"; width - 7 7/8"

Hermann Struck presents Theodor Herzl in a formal portrait. Herzl is standing as if just about to speak, with his hands on the back of a chair or lectern rail. This large early 20th c. intaglio print is entitled Theodor Herzl on the lower border in the center. On the left lower border is a notation that the etching is by Herman Struck and on the right lower border is the publishers: name Judaischer Verlag Berlin. There is a Struck Mogen David signature in the plate on the upper right corner. The print is in good condition with small tears along the left and lower borders and a minor loss at the lower right corner, all well outside the plate mark; the other 3 corners are slightly battered. There are a number of handling creases and 4 faint stains and/or foxing spots. The heavy paper also appears to be time tanned.

image dimensions; height – 20“, width – 15 1/4“: paper dimensions; height – 23 1/4“, width – 18 3/4“

During World War I Hermann Struck was in the German Army, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. His job as a soldier appears to have been the early 20th century equivalent of Public Affairs. Stationed in the Eastern Front he reported on the lives of German soldiers as well as the people and places of Poland and Russia occupied by Germany at that time. His depiction of soldiers was, of course, sympathetic and showed them at their daily tasks or moments of rest and recreation. In this scene ((Rusel, 779L) a rather rotund nonmilitary looking German is on guard duty. We have to assume that he was not expecting any trouble since he appears relaxed, smoking a curved pipe, and with his rifle balanced on the wood barricade in front of him. His canteen hangs from an improvised hook on the barrier and he is wearing his winter whites. While this image strikes us as humourous, Struck may have taken this scene seriously. The print on a thin wove paper is still strong but there is minor staining, which is less intrusive than seen on the photograph. The artist signed his last name just below the bottom right.

image dimensions: height - 7 3/4"; width - 5 1/4"