Victor Brauner (Romanian) 1903-1966,Prelude to A Civilization,encaustic,pen,and ink on Masonite

Pictograms on the hide of a schematic white animal recall symbolic representations of Oceanic cult objects as well as North and South American Indian art,which Brauner collected in his studio at Montmartre.Brauner started to experiment with encaustic,a technique based on paint and wax when he sought refuge from World War ll in the Pyrenees.

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