Gerd Leufert
Title: Erebos
Signed, titled, dated ‘91 and inscribed P/A in pencil (lower center)
Screenprint on paper
23⅝ by 22⅜ in. / 60 by 56.8 cm.
Executed in 1991, this work is an artist’s proof from an edition of 35 plus 1 artist’s proof.
Provenance: Private Collection, Venezuela - Acquired from the above by the present owner - Sotheby's Auction
“The first duty of the creator: restlessness,” Gerd Leufert wrote in 1985, looking back on his 30-year career as an artist, designer, museum worker, and professor of art in Venezuela.1 Bridging the worlds of commerce and culture in Caracas, Leufert’s impact on art and design owed to his interdisciplinary approach: the influence of cutting-edge developments in abstract art appeared in his graphic design, while the efficiency and bold contrast of mid-century design characterized his paintings.
An immigrant born in German-controlled Lithuania at the cusp of the first World War, Leufert studied arts and design in Hannover, Mainz, and, finally, in Munich with the German typographer Fritz H...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints