Carl (Karl) Anton Reichel (Wels 1874-1944 Vienna)
Eritis sicut deus [You Will Be Like God] (Adam and Eve – the Fall)
1900
etching and aquatint on paper, framed
image 9,3 x 14,5 cm
frame 26 x 30,5 cm
signed and dated in pencil lower right: "CReichel 1900"
inscribed in pencil lower left
The Daulton Collection
The Daulton Collection owns two superb impressions of this very scarce print Eritis sicut deus (no examples known in Austrian museum collections), which is one of Reichel's earliest works in this medium.
This etching is one example from a group of more than 350 Reichel etchings/drypoints owned by The Daulton Collection, representing a significant portion of Reichel's ouevre and including a number of rare impressions of pre-final states.
"Symbolist, erotic and bizarre motifs come together in this comprehensive collection of etched, mostly figurative sheets by Carl Anton Reichel. After studying medicine, psychiatry, and psychology in Prague and Vienna - but without a degree - Reichel worked as a self-taught artist, primarily producing woodcuts and especially etchings. He had close ties to Hermann Bahr, Alfred Kubin, Hans Pfitzner, and Arnold Schönberg. And Reichel had a strong interest in India, Tibet and Buddhism. The pronounced fantasy in his representations made Reichel a forerunner of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism." B
