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Karl Schrag
Original Pencil Signed Etching - Sound of the Sea

1958

About the Item

Original pencil signed etching and aquatint by Karl Schrag, 1958. In excellent condition - neither matted nor framed. No. 1 of the edition of 50. Image measures 19 7/8 x 27 3/4 inches. The sheet size is 21 ½ x 29 ½. The work is pencil signed and dated lower right and titled lower left. A wonderful work by the German/American artist. Johnson 97. Karl Schrag was born in 1912 in Karlsruhe, Germany. His father was German and his mother American. Graduated from Humanistisches Gymnasium in 1930, and immediately began to study art, first in Geneva (his family moved to Zurich in 1931) and then in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, at the Atelier of Lucien Simon with Roger Bissiere at the Academie Ranson, and at Lan Grande Chaumiere. In 1938 he came to the U.S., studied at the Art Students League with Sternberg, and at Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter. He was director of Atelier 17 in 1950, taught graphic arts at Brooklyn College in 1953-1954, then from 1954 at Cooper Union. Schrag lived and worked in New York and in Maine and passed away in 1995.
  • Creator:
    Karl Schrag (1912-1995, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1958
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 0.07 in (1.78 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2749215695732

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