Lot: 7417
Date of sale: 15. Fri Nov 2024
Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), nin
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Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), nine original portrait drawings by the important German caricaturist, he mainly worked 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 prints are represented in the German Historical Museum, among others, but are rarely found on the market. various early portraits in watercolor and charcoal on paper, 1920s, mostly signed by hand, slight signs of age, sheet dimensions up to 60 x 41 cm
