OTTO SAGER (1870—1937), etching, marked in print: An der Olschanka, Otto Sager 1916, Feldflieg Abt. 45, signed and unclearly named.

Paper with deep stamp: “Otto Sager Berlin”
Frame dimensions approx. 27 x 24 cm, picture dimensions approx. 14 x 10 cm.

During World War I in 1916, he was stationed in Ukraine in
Feldflieger-Abteilung 45. During this time he created a number of etchings, for which he received “imperial recognition for etchings from the field”. “The Emperor has now rewarded the etcher Otto Sager of Berlin — his picture with his signature — with a great thanks for the beautiful etchings that Sager, currently a petty officer in the East, has created there.”.
Otto Sager's work is represented in the collections of the Kupferstichkabinett in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Hamburger Kunsthalle and Museum Folkwang.