Richard Lindner
Richard Lindner (1901-1978), born in Hamburg, Germany, lived and worked in Munich, Paris and, from 1941, New York City. A distinctive figure within the American Pop Art movement, Lindner developed a highly stylized visual language drawing on advertising, comics, fashion and the urban imagery of modern life. His paintings and prints are characterized by boldly outlined figures, geometric forms and saturated colours, often depicting monumental women, couples and solitary characters. Combining elements of European modernism with the visual culture of postwar America, Lindner created an enigmatic world of power, sexuality, authority and desire.
Richard Lindner Editions
Richard Lindner
Ace of Clubs
1977
Lithograph, 72 x 56 cm. Edition of 250, signed and numbered.
In this edition, Richard Lindner presents a highly stylized female figure combined with the motif of a playing card. Ace of Clubs brings together Lindner’s characteristic graphic forms, saturated colours and sharply defined contours, drawing on the visual language of fashion, advertising and popular culture. The juxtaposition of the female figure and the playing-card motif creates an enigmatic composition in which glamour, sexuality and symbolism converge.
EUR 2,400
Richard Lindner
Uptown (from Fun City)
1971
Lithograph and collotype, 67.5 x 51.1 cm. Edition of 175, signed and numbered.
Richard Lindner’s edition Uptown (1971), from his portfolio Fun City, presents a highly stylized female figure against a stark black ground. The work combines bold geometric forms, saturated colours and graphic elements characteristic of Lindner’s distinctive visual language, drawing on the imagery of advertising, fashion and comics. The exaggerated figure and frontal composition convey a sense of glamour, theatricality and ambiguity, reflecting Lindner’s fascination with power, sexuality and modern urban culture. Uptown is part of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
EUR 1,600
