A cast stone wall plaque depicting an abstract game of chess by Professor Lothar Zitzmann (1924 - 1977)
A cast stone wall plaque depicting an abstract game of chess by Professor Lothar Zitzmann (1924 - 1977)
£940
Reference
5093
Painted to depict an abstract chess board.
Part of an interesting group of East German artists who's output was increasingly in opposition to the GDR and more forward-looking to a unified state. This perhaps commenting on the struggle between Eastern and Western values.
Zitzmann studied at the Weimar University of Architecture & Fine Arts and read psychology, philosophy and art at Jena after WWII, becoming a prominent figure in the German art scene and a professor of art in 1965.
Germany, circa 1970
Dimensions:
Height
19.5 cm / 7 3⁄4"
Width
67.5 cm
/ 26 3⁄4"
Depth
4 cm
/ 1 3⁄4"
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