Robert E. Marx is part of a small group of important American figurative artists who comment on what it means to be human in an inhuman age. A kindred spirit with such great but often overlooked social protest artists like Leonard Baskin and Leon Golub, Marx's work speaks only to those who wish to be challenged by an artist's idea -- those who seek an intense and enduring dialogue with works of art. One of America's most important exponents of the north European expressionist tradition that goes back to Bosch, Grünewald, and Bruegel, Marx's work explores the futility of trying to bring universal order or give conclusive meaning to the human condition.
Portfolio of 10 etchings and letterpress with colophon housed in a hard fabric slipcase.
Medium: Etching and letterpress on Arches cover Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1925 Date finished: 1968 Edition: 32/35 Publisher: The Black Bird Press, Vestal, N.Y. Condition: Bottom edge of splicase has small tear in the linen.