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Anton Prinner, Das Auge oder die Zielscheibe, 1932, Öl auf Holz, 100,5 × 101 × 2,5 cm, 2020 Dau…

Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, 2. Obergeschoß (Ost), Raum SO1
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The Eye or the Target
Das Auge oder die Zielscheibe
Date1932

Künstler*in Anton Prinner (1902 Budapest – 1983 Paris)

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Object typeGemälde
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions
100,5 × 101 × 2,5 cm
SignatureUnbez.
Inventory numberLg 2055
Locations Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, 2. Obergeschoß (Ost), Raum SO1
Credit LineDauerleihgabe von Silard Isaak, Sammlung Carl Laszlo
In both life and art Anton Prinner defied rigid categorization and challenged the binary idea of gender. After studying at the Budapest academy, where Prinner, along with other women, was taught separately from men, the artist moved to Paris in the late 1920s and chose the name Anton. Here, Prinner made pioneering Constructivist sculptures and later created schematic bodies with mysterious, androgynous features. This work also revolves around questions relating to perception and expression and, with its title L’oeil ou la cible (The Eye or the Target), it explores our individual way of seeing. “Je ne suis pas moimême: je suis tout le monde” (I’m not myself: I’m everybody), Prinner wrote in a notebook.

Provenance

2013 Sammlung Carl Laszlo, Basel
2020 Dauerleihgabe Silard Isaak, Schweiz

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