Tyrannei [Tyrany] Accession Number: ART96918.002

Description

One of a series of fourteen lithographs from the published print portfolio, 'Europa' commissioned in 1922 by the publishing house, Georg Muller Verlad. The image depicts an elegantly dressed figure with a curled white wig being carried atop an elegant throne by the drooping, exhausted bodies of workers. Other similarly dressed figures tread carelessly on the bodies of the workers and they rush after and fuss over the throne perched figure.

Details

Accession Number
ART96918.002
Artist
Theo Scharf
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Measurement
Sheet: 45.8 x 53.6 cm
Medium
offset lithograph printed in black ink on paper from one stone
Date Made
1922
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 2015
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright
Accession ART96918.002

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