Lot: 8245
Date of sale: 3. Tue Sep 2024
Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), importan
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Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), important German caricaturist, worked mainly for the communist press, such as ”Die Rote Post”, ”Die Rote Fahne” etc., to protect himself from reprisals he usually signed with the pseudonym ”Red”. He was a co-founder of the ”Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists” and from 1946 he worked mainly for ”Neues Deutschland”. His original drawings and graphics are represented in the German Historical Museum, among others, but are rarely found on the market. Anti-capitalist caricature, ”Das Monopolkapital fährt ein abscheuliches Gemisch”, Profit rast und erzeugt eine monströse Inflation, ink drawing on wove paper, 1973, signed lower right, titled at lower edge, stamped on verso, backed edge tear, 42 x 51.5 cm
Category: Contemporary Arts
