Description: Requiem by American printmaking pioneer Misch Kohn (1916-2003). Aquatint and etching on chine collé on crem paper. An allegory on death, with references to Plato, Marx, Kant, Aquinas and other philosophers. Professionally matted and framed.Inscription on the back reads:Other impressions of this etching "Requiem" in Library of Congress National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., Lessing Rosenwald Collection, etc. Received museum prize at the Herron Biannual of Prints. This impression just returned from the ill fated Worlds Fair Fine Arts Exhibition of 50 American Prints. Minimum auction price $200.00It is then signed on the back:Misch Kohn1200 E. Madison ParkChicago 15 Ill.This or another impression of it was featured in the Second Biennial of Prints, Drawings and Water Colors by Illinois Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964. Another impression is at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It is estimated that this piece was created in 1962 or 1963.Other works of Kohn's are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others.Appears to be in excellent condition, not examined out of frame.
Price: 1800 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
End Time: 2025-01-24T04:11:01.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Features: Framed, Matted, Personalized, Signed
Width (Inches): 41.5
Production Technique: Woodblock Printing
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Allegory
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Material: Etching
Height (Inches): 31.5
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Artist: Misch Kohn
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Style: Modern
Color: Black
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Type: Print
