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Gert and Uwe Tobias — Dresdener Joker
Gert and Uwe Tobias

Dresdener Joker

Created by the collaborative duo Gert and Uwe Tobias, this colorful woodcut features the playful subject of a Dresden Joker. The work demonstrates the artists' skillful use of woodcut technique with vibrant color application.

Medium
Woodcut in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
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Auction House · Phillips

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Evening & Day Editions

September 18, 2025

Lot 243

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Gert and Uwe Tobias manage to fuse the monochrome backgrounds of Yves Tanguy’s surrealist landscapes and the macabre faces of traditional apotropaeic amulets with the lightness of cartoons, worn down graffiti and schoolyard murals. There is something flayed about their figures – as if they have been peeled of their individuality, made

Gert and Uwe Tobias manage to fuse the monochrome backgrounds of Yves Tanguy’s surrealist landscapes and the macabre faces of traditional apotropaeic amulets with the lightness of cartoons, worn down graffiti and schoolyard murals. There is something flayed about their figures – as if they have been peeled of their individuality, made

Gert and Uwe Tobias

Gert and Uwe Tobias

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Gert and Uwe Tobias, Dresdener Joker

Created by the collaborative duo Gert and Uwe Tobias, this colorful woodcut features the playful subject of a Dresden Joker. The work demonstrates the artists' skillful use of woodcut technique with vibrant color application.

Medium
Woodcut in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Folk Art, Traditional Technique, Color, German Artists, Contemporary Printmaking, Woodcut, Collaborative Art, Joker

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