Pessimistic Modernism
Walter Benjamin, Paul Celan, Franz Kafka, Thomas Bernhard, Samuel Beckett, Hermann Broch, Georg Trakl
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Walter Benjamin, Über den Begriff der Geschichte, 1940 (IX), 2022. Pencil on prepared paper, 12×18 inches.
Paul Celan, Ein Dröhnen, 1967, 2017. Pencil on prepared paper, 12×18 inches.
Kafka, Nachts, 2023. Pencil on paper, 11×15 inches.
Kafka, Beschreibung eines Kampfes (Die Sterne), 2023. Pencil on paper, 11×15 inches.
Franz Kafka, Das Schloss (85), 2015. Pencil on paper, 8.5×10 inches.
Thomas Bernhard, Frost (188), 2020. Pencil on prepared paper, 11×15 inches.
Thomas Bernhard, Frost (245), 2022. Pencil on prepared paper, 12×18 inches.
Thomas Bernhard, Frost (262), 2022. Pencil on paper, 12×18 inches.
Paul Celan, Heimkehr, 2021. Pencil on paper, 12×18 inches.
Samuel Beckett, Malone Dies (32), 2023. Pencil on prepared paper, 11×15 inches.
Hermann Broch, Der Tod des Vergil (beginning), 2020. Pencil on paper, 12×18 inches.
Hermann Broch, Die Schuldlosen (95), 2023. Pencil on paper, 12×16 inches.
Thomas Bernhard, Holzfällen, 2020. Pencil on prepared paper, 11×15 inches.
Paul Celan, Fadensonnen, 2022. Pencil on paper, 11×14 inches.
Georg Trakl, Musik im Mirabell, 2022. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 12×16 inches.
