Original photomontage by Denise Colomb. 1957.
Silver gelatin print depicting Prinner in the foreground posing with his sculptures.
Magnificent large format print (29 x 39 cm) signed by Denise Colomb.
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Anton PRINER (1902.1983)
Original photomontage by Denise Colomb. 1957.
Silver gelatin print depicting Prinner in the foreground posing with his sculptures.
Magnificent large format print (29 x 39 cm) signed by Denise Colomb, in black felt-tip pen, in the lower right margin.
Nicknamed "Little Woodpecker" by her friend Picasso because of her small stature and the direct carving technique she practiced in tree trunks, Anton Prinner was born female (Anna) in Budapest in 1902. She studied at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts and emigrated to France in 1926. In Paris, she changed her first name and adopted a male identity, partly due to the sexism of the art world but probably also because of a dual identity. A painter, draughtswoman, engraver, and sculptor, she was initially close to Constructivism, then from 1938 onward, her work became more figurative; she sculpted large totem figures or androgynous characters in wood and bronze, influenced by Egyptian statuary.