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Fröhlich Apokalypse V: Das Gerettete Haus (Happy Apocalypse - The Saved House) by Hans Georg Rauch
Fröhlich Apokalypse V: Das Gerettete Haus (Happy Apocalypse - The Saved House)
Hans Georg Rauch
Title
Fröhlich Apokalypse V: Das Gerettete Haus (Happy Apocalypse - The Saved House)
Artist
Hans Georg Rauch
1939 - 1993 (biography)Year
1975
Technique
etching with aquatint and roulette
Image Size
11 11/16 x 9 3/4" platemark
Signature
pencil signed, lower right
Edition Size
42 of 75
Annotations
pencil editioned
Reference
Wilhelm Busch Museum 1981 catalogue, cat. no. 3 V
Paper
cream German etching wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
MEJA121
Price
$700.00
Description
In this surrealist work, the apocalypse is occurring before our eyes. Upon what appears to be a hanging piece of rent parchment is a depiction of a wall of boxed suites at the opera house. A female torso reclining on the stage is nothing more than draped and folded paper being enveloped by the falling parchment backdrop. This etching is striking its play of light against dark and the juxtaposition of tonal roulette lines against crisp etched lines.