Lot: 8219
Date of sale: 15. Fri Nov 2024
Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), Ger
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Alfred Beier-Red (1902-2001), 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. Aquatint etching ”Pentagonie” with bomb head and victims, signed lower right, inscribed lower left, dated 1978 in the plate, sheet dimensions 61 x 44.5 cm
Category: Contemporary Arts
