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Les Deux Chevaux I (The Two Horses I) by Johnny Friedlaender

Les Deux Chevaux I (The Two Horses I) by Johnny Friedlaender

Les Deux Chevaux I (The Two Horses I)

Johnny Friedlaender

Title

Les Deux Chevaux I (The Two Horses I)

 
Artist

Johnny Friedlaender

  1912 - 1992 (biography)
Year
1954  
Technique
etching, printed chine colle 
Image Size
17 5/8 x 15 5/6" platemark 
Signature
pencil lower right 
Edition Size
184 of 200  
Annotations
 
Reference
Schmucking 136; Cincinatti 58 
Paper
China paper applied to antique white BFK Rives 
State
published 
Publisher
L'Oeuvre Gravee, Paris (blindstamp, l.l. margin) 
Inventory ID
12296 
Price
SOLD
Description

This early etching by German born French printmaker Johnny Friedlander was printed on a thin sheet of laid paper and collaged to a heavier sheet of white wove to give it support. Most of Friedlaender's graphic output was abstract but he did a number of compositions throughout his career that included abstracted animals, especially horses.

"Les Deux Chevaux I" depicts a battle between two stallions, both rearing up on their hind legs as they try to subdue each other. The subject of battling horses, symbols of strength and speed, battling for dominance, is a subject that recurs through art history worldwide.