Original Surreal Mixed Media Art Painting by Johannes Kunst of an Anteater

Item Description
Johannes Kunst (1938-2017), Netherlands/American. Signed, original mixed media (watermedia, pencil) painting/drawing on watercolor paper featuring a surreal, abstracted and colorful anteater figure. Signed lower left. Dated 10/30/73 lower right. Unframed. Attached to white matboard with tape on the back. Artwork 7 1/2" x 9 7/5." Matboard approx. 8 1/8" x 10." Matboard is cut slightly unevenly along the lower edge. See photos.

Kunst was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to the United States after WWII. The war had a dramatic effect on Kunst and his work as has been explored by a recent exhibition by CoCA and guest curator Matthew Kangas entitled Hiding from the Nazis: The Art of Johannes Kunst. According to research from the exhibition, the Attic Series in particular relates to a two-year period when the artist and his brother hid in the attic of their grandparent’s house to protect them from conscription into slave labor in Germany, a story with deep parallels to Anne Frank whose family was in hiding during the same period. Kunst studied in CA before moving to Seattle in 1989 and retiring to Blaine, WA in 2002. His art has been shown in galleries and museums throughout both the Netherlands and the US.

Item Specifics
Artist: Johannes Kunst
Material(s): Paper, Watermedia, Pencil
Style: Modern Expressionism
Era: 1970-1979
Origin: Washington, United States
Size: Artwork 7 1/2" x 9 7/5." Matboard approx. 8 1/8" x 10"

Item Condition
Very good condition, no defects noted. Unframed and unmatted. Attached to white matboard with tape on the back. Matboard is cut slightly unevenly along the lower edge. See photos.

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