Alfred Hrdlicka (1928-2009) - Portraitstudie Barbara

Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009)

"Portrait Study: Barbara" (*Portraitstudie Barbara*)

Lithograph on heavy handmade paper, 1985.
Hand-signed in pencil by the Austrian artist.

Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg, 1985.
Griffelkunst dry stamp (embossed mark).

Catalogue Raisonné: Lewin 954.
Publisher's cataloging: 239 B1.
Dimensions: 56.7 x 76.2 cm.

The graphic cycle *Die Wiedertäufer* (The Anabaptists), created by Austrian artist Alfred Hrdlicka in 1984, delves into one of the darkest, bloodiest, and most radical episodes of the Protestant Reformation: the Münster Rebellion (1534–1535). Hrdlicka used this historical backdrop to craft a raw allegory regarding fanaticism, power, and human brutality. Through his characteristic expressionist strokes—violent and heavy with ink—the figures appear trapped between the roles of fanatical perpetrators and victims of relentless state violence. For Hrdlicka, the tragedy of Münster served as a timeless historical reflection of how social utopias can degenerate into bloody tyrannies...


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