Alfred Kubin: The Leopold Collection

“The art of the great draftsman Alfred Kubin appears more current today than ever before: for it was violence, wartime destruction, pandemics, natural disasters, the manipulation of the masses and other abysses of human existence that pervaded his highly narrational works. The oeuvre of this fantastical creator confronts us with pessimistic visions which – to quote Schopenhauer – delineate ‘the worst of all possible worlds.'” —from the website of the Leopold Museum

“Don’t take away my fear. It is my only asset.”
~Alfred Kubin

This is the catalog for the 2002 exhibition “Alfred Kubin: From My Realm: Masterworks of Drawing from the Leopold Museum, Vienna.” Illustrated with dozens of black-and-white prints and drawings, plus a few paintings and hand-colored prints: gloomy scenes of torment and ruin, populated by gaunt figures and outlandish monsters that evince the influence of Goya and Max Klinger on his art. Kandinsky called Kubin’s work “practically a vision of evil.” Includes essays, an artist bio, and information on the Leopold collection in English and German.

Softcover, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003, 144 pp. 4to Scarce. VF+ paperback, contents near mint, (slight 1″ edge wear at lower right corner, see front cover ). [14.2]

$ 150.00