Eduard Wiiralt (1898-1954) Cabaret. 1931. Etching.... Lot 27

Eduard Wiiralt (1898-1954) Cabaret. 1931. Etching. 387 x 455 mm. Jämför Kangilaski 59. Numbered and signed in pen and ink. and ink. Located Strasbourg and dated 1931 in the lower left. Framed. Eduard WIIRALT is Estonia's leading master Estonian printmaker. Having moved to Paris 1925, his work is strongly influenced by expressionism, and influenced by Jérôme BOSCH and James ENSOR. In 1931, he was invited by mistress and patron Nelly STULZ to Strasbourg. There he began Cabaret, one of his most important works one of his most important works, along with L'Enfer, of which it is perhaps the counterpart. These 2 masterpieces reflect his hallucinations and grotesque proportions characteristic of Expressionism in the interwar period. wars.