(Still life with vases and fabric)

 

Martin Erich Philipp

  1887 - 1978 (biography)

c. 1940  

color woodcut 

8 5/8 x 8 1/2" image 

pencil, lower right 

not stated 

 

 

laid cream Japanese 

 

 

25269 

$550.00 

Austrian born artist Martin Ehrich Philipp also worked in the U.S. He is best known for his color woodcuts, particularly bird and floral subjects and appears to have had an active market in the United States. Philipp's composition consists of two arts and crafts ceramic vases, the blue one with an arrangement of red flowers, set before a grayish fabric background onto which the subjects cast a mysterious shadow. A prolific German woodcut artist, Philipp was greatly inspired by nature and in particular by birds. His work displays a particular fascination with the unique qualities of their communication, portraying them in various states of hierarchical exchange, with leaders, followers, and all the drama that ensues. He depicted humans through the same intimate lens, poking fun of idiosyncrasies of men and women with fondness. On-line raisonne at: http://gerrie-thefriendlyghost.blogspot.com/p/philipp.html