Petra Thoss (* Warendorf 1955), ,Rosa Luxemburg during her imprisonment, 1975, etching in brown on laid paper, mounted by the artist in a passepartout and signed there in pencil, dated twice, titled and numbered "65/100", 14.3 x 8 cm (paper size: 16 x 9.7 cm), under glass in plain wooden frame, overall size: 31 x 21 cm. Limit 30,- >> German painter and graphic artist, graduated in visual communication and book illustration at the Folkwang University of the Arts, 1991-93 studied at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, until 2007 in San Francisco, since then lives in Saarbrücken.

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