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| Rope Walk |
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| Artist: | Heinrich Kley |
| Date: | 1910-1920 |
| Medium: | Pen & Ink Drawing |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 12" X 14" Framed 23" X 27" |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Original Use: | Fine Art or Possible Illustration |
| Price: | S O L D! |
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| Above: Full view |
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| Above: The artists signature |
A whimsical pen and ink drawing by Heinrich Kley depicting a pair of crocodiles holding a tightrope for an art nouveau circus aerialist balancing with umbrella. Titled in the corner by the artist Seiltanz or "Rope Walk." A fine example of Kley's dazzling technical skills, work also visits the artist's penchant for humanizing the animal kingdom. Beautifully framed and matted in a period fine gold gilt plein air aesthetic antique frame.
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| Above: Framed view in beautiful period frame |
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| Above: Detail |
Heinrich Kley is best remembered today for satirical, despairing, and often obscene images which evinced a maniacal distrust of the industrial revolution and its autonomized society. In 1907, a series of remarkable pen & ink drawings appeared in the Munich German Expressionist literary art magazine Die Jugend that captured the growing disillusionment of fin-de-siecle German counter-culture. Kley's scathing and deftly rendered creations resonated with audiences and Kley became a leading interpreter of the follies and vices that beset mankind. Kley's art appeared in the United States in 1937 and caught the eye of Walt Disney & Sketch Artists at the Disney studio, including Albert Hurter, Joe Grant and James Bodrero. Hurter introduced Kley's work to the Disney Studio and Walt Disney accumulated a collection of the artist's work. The images in Kley's art inspired a number of animated sequences and characters, including Night on Bald Mountain and the dancing animals of Dance of the Hours in Fantasia.
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Frame detail |
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| Above: Titled in German in artist's hand |
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