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ERNST FUCHS Etching Samson Delilah Surrealism

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ERNST FUCHS Etching Samson Delilah Surrealism
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ERNST FUCHS
Born 1930 (Austrian)

Samson and Delilah - 1963/7
Original Hand Signed Etching

Title: Samson and Delilah

Technique: Original Etching with Aquatint on vellum paper.

Paper Size: 40 x 29.5 cm / 15.7 x 11.6 in.

Plate Size: 31 x 24.5 cm / 12.2 x 9.6 in.

Additional Information: This Etching is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist "Ernst Fuchs" at the lower right margin.
It is also signed and dated in the plate.
The work is also extensivly inscribed in the plate with the text from the book of Samson.
Fuchs illustrated in 1963-1967 with 20 different etching important scenes from the tale of Samson.
The work was published in a limited edition (90 on this paper) by Galerie Sydow.
There is a second illustration on the back side of the paper.

Literature: Ernst Fuchs, Das Graphische Werk, by Halmut Weis.
Reference: Weis no. 74.

Condition: Very good condition. Very minor handling marks.