ERNST HAAS "HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA" 1965Ernst Haas (1921 1986) is a prolific Austrian American photographer and photojournalist. Haas made significant contributions to the advancement of photography over the course of his career spanning 40 years. Haas is best known for his early innovation with color photography, making his name synonymous with the medium. His dynamic 1953 story on New York, "Images of a Magic City" was the primary subject for LIFE Magazine's first color issue.

Estate inventory number: 12680

and style that is inimitable

We love the palette and humour of this work

it has inspired an astonishing number of interpretations by an array of artists ranging from Ingres to Ralph Fiennes to Voltaire

Screenprint in colours

evocative of a comic-book or graphic novel set in the 1940s

"Circle Series I-35"

And if that number sounds impossible

“Africa Suite #10"

"Graphic Suite Number I (Mauve/blue with green and yellow)"

His iconic and elegant prints are a must-have for the young collector passionate about American Abstract Expressionism

human interconnectedness