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Alfred Kubin
Walpurgis Nacht - Drawing by A. Kubin - 1920

1920

About the Item

Walpurgis Nacht is a drawing with pen and Indian ink on paper, realized by Alfred Kubin in 1920, Hand-signed. Provenance Zevi Collection Milan. Included a frame. 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). 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. Kubin produced a small number of oil paintings in the years between 1902 and 1910, but thereafter his output consisted of pen and ink drawing and lithograph, In 1911, he became associated with the Blaue Reiter group, and exhibited with them in Galerie Der Strum in Berlin in 1913. He illustrated the works of Edgar Allan Poe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, among others. Kubin also illustrated the German fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten.The best known of Kubin's own books is Die andere Seite (The Other Side) (1909), a fantastic novel set in an oppressive imaginary land.The Other Side has an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of the writings of Franz Kafka, who admired Die andere Seite. The illustrations for Die andere Seite were originally intended for The Golem by Gustav Meyrink, but as that book was delayed Kubin instead worked his illustrations into his own novel. 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.
  • Creator:
    Alfred Kubin (1877-1959, Austrian)
  • Creation Year:
    1920
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.08 in (2 mm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1063941stDibs: LU65036116062
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