Walter Leistikow,’Baumgruppe (Grove of Trees)’, drypoint, c. A superb, richly-inked impression, on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 5/8 to 5 1/4 inches) in excellent condition. Published in’Pan II, no. 1 (1896)’, the leading German magazine of the period devoted to art and literature. Image size 4 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; sheet size 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Reproduced:’German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies’, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Prestel, 1989, p. An impression of this print is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Pan Art Association was established in Berlin, Germany in the spring of 1894 for the purpose of publishing. A richly illustrated international magazine, which featured contemporary art, literature and poetry. Pan was the first German journal to commission original works of art. The editions of approximately 1100 per issue, used fine papers and were produced to the highest printmaking standards.