Ivo Saliger (Königsberg 1894-1987 Vienna)
"Die Röntgenstrahlen" ["The X-Rays"],
also known as "Der Röntgenologe schießt mit Röntgenstrahlen auf den Tod:
["The radiologist shoots Death with X-rays"]
circa 1921
etching and vernis mou (soft-ground etching) on paper (Vellum)
image 53 x 62,5 cm (sheet 55,5 x 64,7 cm)
signed in pencil lower right: "Ivo Saliger"
titled in pencil lower left: "Die Röntgenstrahlen"
The Daulton Collection
magnificent impression of this rare print, with small margins.
Condition: a small tear in the right margin; residues of adhesive paper tape on the reverse; otherwise in excellent condition.
Even death, personified by a skeleton wrapped in a shroud, shies away in fear from the X-rays, while the young woman being examined is stretched out calmly on the couch. The rays that Saliger makes visible are in the center of the picture.
