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Pegasus-1945, Engaving and soft Ground
Etching, size 12 x 14 Edition of 50 printed at Atelier 17 in NYC. Winnner of Purchase prize at the Library of Congress.
"This
conposition tries to express symbolically the condition of the creative spirit at the end of World War II.
Pegasus,
the winged horse, the dream symbol of man's creative imagination, tries to get out from under the remains of barbed wires
and nets among concrete tank traps. He makes a feeble attempt to rise on his forelegs. In the distance, there are still
explosions. The dark mask, which arches over the horse, has a suggestion of pelvic form which would indicate that awakening
is more like a birth. I had the feeling, at the time(1945) that the great question of our era is, wether this birth, or rebirth,
of pegasus will be a living and lasting success or not. It is not enough to have rockets and bombers flying high in the air
while man's creative soul with its dreams is permanently grounded."
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