Ernst FUCHS
1930 - Vienna - 2015
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Das Gefängnis des Ikarus [The Prison of Icarus] - 1975
Etching and aquatint. Size of sheet: 70 x 49.8 cm. Signed and inscribed in pencil ‘2. probe von 5 in versch. Farben’. Artist’s proof outside of the limited edition.
Hartmann 215 VIIa.
In mint condition.
Ernst Fuchs: The Prison of Icarus, 1975
Ernst Fuchs was one of the most influential Austrian artists of the 20th century. He co-founded the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Many artists studied under him and were influenced by his work. The Ernst Fuchs Museum opened to the public in 1988 in Vienna in a striking villa built in 1888 by Otto Wagner, the famous Art-Nouveau architect.