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Faun

Artist:Willy Müller-Gera
Date:1920s
Medium:Ink and Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight size 9 1/2" x 14" Framed 15" x 20 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Fine Art
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The artist's signature lower left
The artist’s signature lower left

Willy Müller-Gera (1887-1981) was a German artist and illustrator known for his etchings and landscapes of the pastoral German countryside as well as his dark and subversive interpretations of folk tales and mythology. This work, titled Faun, shows the horned Roman god Faunus (known in Greek mythology as Pan), seducing a courtesan in risqué rococo costume, this is an unusual finely detailed artwork in a modernist, art deco, avant-garde aesthetic. An electric rendering in gouache and india ink, signed in the lower left, verso retains the artist’s address label. Nicely framed in a period art deco antique frame and ready to enjoy.

Framed in art nouveau aesthetic antique gesso frame
Framed in art nouveau aesthetic antique gesso frame
Detail
Detail
Corner frame profile
Corner frame profile
Above: Verso notation and title on back of illustration board

Faun

Artist: Willy Müller-Gera

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, avant-garde, faun, german, modernist, nymph, seduction, victorian, Willy Müller-Gera
Added to Gallery: June 19, 2017

 

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