Material
Etching
About
Modern geometric surrealist landscape etching of a deconstructed pyramid. The work features various levels of a pyramid floating above a foreshortened desert landscape. Signed, editioned 24/55, and dated along front lower margin. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a wide, white margin.
Artist Biography
The son of sculptor Rudolf Wewerka (1889–1954), Stefan Wewerka was born into a family with a strong artistic tradition spanning several generations. Following the Second World War, he studied architecture under Max Taut, Eduard Ludwig and Georg Leowald at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin.
Dimensions With Frame
H 26.75 in. x W 26.63 in. x D 1.25 in.
Dimensions Without Frame
H 26.13 in. x W 25 in.
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