Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt (1895-1977) - Early 20th Century Etching Curious Fox Cub

Description

A heartwarming and delicate etching in slight sepia tones, showing a bright eyed, curious little fox cub. The artist has signed in graphite to the lower right and monogrammed in plate at the upper left. There is a German paper manufacturer's blind stamp at the lower left. The etching has been presented in a pine frame with a card mount. On wove.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and foxing.

Size

22.3 x 32cm (8.8" x 12.6")
Framed Size: 40.4 x 47cm (15.9" x 18.5")

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Artist Biography

Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt was born in Leipzig in 1985 and died in Munich in 1977. He studied at the Weimar Academy of Fine Arts under Lyonel Feininger and Theodor Hagen. Declining a professorship at Weimar, he went to Munich where he decided to work on producing engravings of animals. Since 1917 he had been published by Hanfstaengl in Munich, a copper print shop, who owns the copyright of his archive and other artists.