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Richard Teschner
1001 Nights - SURREALIST WOMAN DEAD IN A TREASURE BOX

1917

$750
£561.16
€651.28
CA$1,044.28
A$1,174.59
CHF 609.23
MX$14,248.59
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SEK 7,269.38
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RICHARD TESCHNER (Prague 1879 – 1948) From: A Thousand and One Nights - SURREALIST WOMAN DEAD IN A TREASURE BOX, 1917 Aquatint, Proof no. 17. Aquatint in brown. This is a rare signed proof impression. Signed and dated in pencil and in the plate. 9” x 8 3/8 inches. Sheet 16 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches. on a stiff wove paper. A beautiful rich impression. Trace of minor foxing in the margins. There is a subsequent unsigned version with a printed publication line. Teschner's prints are scarce. He had a small but very intense output of late symbolist prints. He was also known as a member of the Viennese Jugendstil movement and a painter. He is most known as a revolutionary puppeteer and puppet designer. $750 Brilliant print of an erotic-mystical subject. Wiener Jugendstil, Erotic, Austrian, Symbolist.
  • Creator:
    Richard Teschner (1879 - 1948)
  • Creation Year:
    1917
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Monica, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU41136097822

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