Eisenfresser ('Iron Eater' from the X-ray Graphics series) by Bernhard Jager

Eisenfresser (Iron Eater from the X-ray Graphics series) by Bernhard Jager

Eisenfresser ('Iron Eater' from the X-ray Graphics series)

Bernhard Jager

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Title

Eisenfresser ('Iron Eater' from the X-ray Graphics series)

 
Artist

Bernhard Jager

  1935 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
1970  
Technique
color lithograph 
Image Size
19 x 25 1/2" image and paper 
Signature
pencil, within image lower right 
Edition Size
24 of 70  
Annotations
dated, after the signature 
Reference
 
Paper
heavy ivory wove 
State
published 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
8160 
Price
$400.00 
Description

Bernhard Jager studied biology before becoming an artist and the influence of this time is often seen in his surreal, dissection-like compositions of animals and people. This untitled piece shows the cross section of an abstracted rhinoceros, musculature, skeleton, and nervous system represented in an intricate web of line and color. In its belly sits a set of pliers, having just been swallowed by the machine-like beast.

Jager was known for his extraordinary understanding and use of lithography, being able to extract the delicacy needed to portray anatomical complexity within the confines of the stone as well as within the careful chaos his style demanded. In 2017 his work was honored with an inclusion in the “Masterpieces of Lithography” exhibition at the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach, one of the first venues to feature the artist’s work in the 1970s.

 
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