Title: Man with a Mark.
Robert E. Marx (1925 - 2020 )
Etching, 1964.
Edition not noted.
Signed in pencil. Proof impression. Printers blind stamped "LC imp" in the lower right. The initials stand for Letterio Calapai, who was both a printer and printmaker.
Image size 21 3/4 x 17 5/8" (55.2 x 44.7 cm).

Robert Marx is an American figurative artist whose work is heavily influenced by elements of humanity, good and bad. He has a particular focus on some of the darker aspects because "while painful to express, these themes desperately need expression, and I have done it by creating my own visual language... Picasso was the first to paint a dismembered human body to convey a sense of futility. I also use symbols: mannequins, masks, and dangling limbs on puppet strings, as my visual 'shorthand' for the controlling forces which frustrate us all."

Condition: Very good condition, no tearing, stains, or matte lines.