Two Soldiers - Original Lithograph by A. Kubin - 1933 1933

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Zwei Soldaten is an original lithograph on paper, realized by Alfred Kubin in 1933, Hand-signed in pencil. Sheet dimension: 27,5 … Read more Zwei Soldaten is an original lithograph on paper, realized by Alfred Kubin in 1933, Hand-signed in pencil. Sheet dimension: 27,5 x 22,5cm. In very good conditions. References: Arnason & Wheeler 1986, p. 88. The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkien (p. 143) Collier Books, 1978 Siegfried Schödel, Studien zu den phantastischen Erzählungen Gustav Meyrinks, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1965, (p.27). The artwork shows two soldiers with guns are intended to kill an escaped man in perspective, men are shown in an expressionistic style which made the atmosphere more drastic. Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (1877-1959) was an Austrian printmaker illustrator, Kubin is considered an important representative of symbolism and Expressionism.He is noted for dark, spectral, symbolic fantasies, often assembled into thematic series of drawings. His inventive black-and-white drawings often featured fantastical or morbid elements, and depicted supernatural creatures and sexual violence.The aquatint technique used by Klinger and Goya influenced the style of his works of this period, which are mainly ink and wash drawings of fantastical, often macabre subjects. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork. See less