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.