Myshkin and Keller - from "The Idiot", by Dostoevsky by Fritz Eichenberg
Myshkin and Keller - from "The Idiot", by Dostoevsky
Fritz Eichenberg
Title
Myshkin and Keller - from "The Idiot", by Dostoevsky
Artist
Year
1956
Technique
woodengraving
Image Size
7 7/8 x 5 1/16" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
Annotations
Reference
Paper
ivory wove Basingwerk Parchment
State
proof outside of published edition
Publisher
portfolio published by Heritage Club
Inventory ID
FE104
Price
$250.00
Description
According to Gene Baro: For this project, Eichenberg produced twenty-nine wood engravings from boxwood plus nine chapter headings. Eichenberg has some doubts about his success with these illustrations. This is perhaps because he was less successful in identifying himself with the tragic Prince Myshkin. “I felt I could have done better,” the artist said to the present writer. Nevertheless, the artist’s inner doubts are not reflected in the powerful effects achieved in these illustrations.