Lot: 8189
Date of sale: 15. Fri Nov 2024
Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), imp
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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 prints are represented in the German Historical Museum, among others, but are rarely found on the market. Large aquatint etching on the difference between Western and socialist art, ”Die Freiheit ist des Künstlers Reich, die Positionen sind nicht gleich”, signed lower right, titled lower left, sheet dimensions 55 x 69 cm
Category: Contemporary Arts
