Man in a Storm
Man in a Storm
Artist
Alfred Kubin
(b. 1877, Leitmeritz
d.
1959
,
Wernstein
)
Date
ca. 1903
Medium
Pen and ink, wash, charcoal, and spray on paper
Classification
Fine Arts
Measurements
overall: 16.5 cm x 24.15 cm
Credit Line
Neue Galerie New York
Accession Number
1999.29
Description
This horizontal format work depicts a figure striding toward a light source emanating in the proper left upper corner of the sheet. There is a small mound of rocks that spills over in the proper left foreground. Above the figure is a large, insect-like creature with wide wings and a long stinger pointing in a menacing fashion toward the head of the figure.
Provenance
Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Albert W. Grokoest, 1962, acquired from the above
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, acquired from the estate of the above
Neue Galerie New York, December 1999, acquired from the above