Austrian Postwar Markus Prachensky Untitled. 1963. etching and aquatint on wove paper. 30 x 24.5 cm (34 x 34 cm). Signed and numbered. - Sheet delicately browned in the margins, also verso. Upper left corner slightly bumped. Very good overall. Splendid impression, the colour atmospheric and fresh. One of 65 copies. - Atmospherically dense and at the same time reduced composition by Markus Prachensky from the early 1960s, which condenses his characteristic language of colour and form in an intimate format. Lines, streaks and colour fields unfold gesturally across the picture surface and refer to the calligraphic-abstract style of painting that characterises Prachensky's work during this creative phase. During these years, the artist developed an unmistakable Tachist style, whose expressive dynamism manifests itself in the free flow of colour and the direct style. The colour red - which Prachensky himself described as his "life colour" - increasingly took on a central role and functioned as the emotional centre of many works from this period. The present sheet impressively illustrates this development by combining the expressive power of colour with the spontaneity of the artistic gesture. Etching and aquatint on wove paper. Signed and numbered. - Sheet delicately browned in the margins, also verso. Upper left corner slightly bumped. Overall very good. Splendid impression, the colour atmospheric and fresh. - One of 65 copies. - Atmospherically dense and at the same time reduced composition by Markus Prachensky from the early 1960s, which condenses his characteristic language of colour and form into an intimate format. Lines, streaks and colour fields unfold gesturally across the picture surface and refer to the calligraphic-abstract style of painting that characterises Prachensky's work during this creative phase. During these years, the artist developed an unmistakable Tachist style, whose expressive dynamism manifests itself in the free flow of colour and the direct style. The colour red - which Prachensky himself described as his "life colour" - increasingly took on a central role and functioned as the emotional centre of many works from this period. The present sheet impressively illustrates this development by combining the expressive power of colour with the spontaneity of the artistic gesture. 800