Artist

Hans Erni

Swiss, born Lucerne, Switzerland 1909-died Lucerne, Switzerland 2015
Also known as
  • Gans Erni
Born
Lucerne, Switzerland
Died
Lucerne, Switzerland
Active in
  • Paris, France

Works by this artist (1 item)

Hans Erni, "The reason, in respect of which we are rational beings, is common: if this is so, common also is the reason which commands us what to do, and what not to do; if this is so, there is a common law also; if this is so, we are fellow-citizens; if this is so, we are members of some political community; if this is so, the world is in a manner a state...My nature is rational and social; and my city and country, so far as I am Antonius, is Rome; but so far as I am a man, it is the world."--Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 121-180. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1950, gouache, scratchwork and india ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.88
“The reason, in respect of which we are rational beings, is…
Artist
Date1950
gouache, scratchwork and india ink on paper
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