Peter Klitsch

Like Tristan and Isolde

Peter Klitsch's Like Tristan and Isolde is typical of his best etchings, where he combines seemingly disconnected elements to produce a unified, surrealist image. This original etching and aquatint is printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in New York by the 'Associated American Artists' in 1970. It is signed and numbered, by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Like Tristan and Isolde is a fine, original example of the graphic art created by the contemporary Austrian artist, Peter Klitsch.

Like Tristan and Isolde

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#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher
01-		Girl from Lothlorien by Peter Klitsch	Original Etching & Aquatint	c. 1970	Signed and numbered, '6/250' by by Peter Klitsch in pencil along the lower margin and published by the Associated American Artists of New York
02.-		Like Tristan and Isolde by Peter Klitsch	Original Etching & Aquatint	1970	Signed and numbered, '14/250' by Peter Klitsch in pencil along the lower margin.Associated American Artists, New York

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Title:	Like Tristan and Isolde
Artist:	Klitsch, Peter (Vienna, born, 1934 - )
Date:	1970
Medium:	Original Etching & Aquatint
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions, numbered 14/250.
Note:	Peter Klitsch: A modern Austrian painter, etcher, woodcut and stained glass artist, Peter Klitsch is the son of the actor, Wilhelm Klitsch de Verne. He studied painting and etching at the Academy for Applied Art, Vienna (1951) and at the Royal University, Stockholm (1954). Peter Klitsch first began to exhibit his paintings in Salzburg and elsewhere in 1959. During this period he also spent considerable time as a race car driver and as a pilot.
	In 1967 Peter Klitsch visited Indonesia and spent three months on the Island of Bali. Influenced by Balinese culture and religion he exhibited the art he created there in Vienna several months later. In the following year he made his first of many trips to Japan. Peter Klitsch both lived and studied in the United States and South America during the early 1970's. Like Tristan and Isolde dates from this period of his career.
	In 1984 the etchings and woodcuts of Peter Klitsch were the subject of a one man exhibition at the Albertina, Vienna. Since that time his fine graphic art has been exhibited in Rome, Berlin and many more major European cities. Peter Klitsch has also served as a guest professor at the University of Okinawa, Japan.
	Dreams have always been the prime motivation of Peter Klitsch's art. Like Tristan and Isolde is typical of his best etchings, where he combines seemingly disconnected elements to produce a unified, surrealist image.
Source:	Like Tristan and Isolde was commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York in a sole limited edition of 250 impressions. Since its creation in the mid 1930's the Associated American Artists commissioned original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and others. It published etchings and lithographs of no less stature during the 1960's and 1970's as contributing artists from around the world included Lily Harmon, Jacob Landau, W. B. Eberhard Eggers, Peter Klitsch, Robert Bero, David Shapiro, Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns, Gregory Masurovsky, Jack Coughlin and Sidney Chafetz. Peter Klitsch is known to have contributed at least two original etchings at this time.
Provenance:	From the collection of Roger Trlak and bearing his inventory number, 'T-1465', on the verso. Roger Trlak (1934-1975) established the commercial art company of Martin-Trlak in Chicago. In 1972 he also opened the RST Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona where he exhibited not only his own large collection of mostly contemporary art but also held important exhibitions of many modern artists. These Included such major American and international printmakers as Joseph Hirsch, Luigi Lucioni, Jacob Landau, Birgit Skiold and Paul Wunderlich. Among Trlak's closest friends in the arts community were Raphael Soyer, Ivan Albright and Hans Burkhardt. Contemporary prints and paintings were constantly exhibited at the RST Gallery until it was closed in 1975 due to Trlak's untimely death.
Size:	11 3/8 X 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $385.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in New York by the Associated American Artists. Signed and numbered, '14/250', by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Like Tristan and Isolde represents a prime, original example of the Austrian art of Peter Klitsch.
	The original presentation sticker from the Associated American Artists is included.
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