Maria Lassnig: Fraternity

Maria Lassnig
Fraternity, 2008
Offset lithograph on paper
21.5 x 28.125 inches
Edition of 100
 
Fraternity is a later work by Maria Lassnig in which she depicted her recurring theme of “body awareness.” In the center of the piece, two figures lay intertwined. The arms and legs of the figures wrap around one another, creating a singular form. Lassnig created this print in conjunction with her exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in 2008, her first US exhibition.
 
Maria Lassnig was born in 1919 in Carinthia, Austria, and she died in 2014 in Vienna, Austria. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1944). She has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including at Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany (1985); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1994); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (1995); Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland (2003); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (2008); Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2009); MoMA PS1, New York, NY (2014); Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark (2016); Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (2016); The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria (2019); and Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (2022). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Der Art-Club in Österreich, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (1981); Féminin. Masculin, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (1995); From Klimt to Rainer, Museum of Modern Art Salzburg Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria (2002); The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2013); Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman – The Shape of Shape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2019); Wonderland, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2021); and The Drawing Centre, Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2022).