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Horst Antes - Horst Antes 1936 Heppenheim - Head-Foot Figure - Embossed print/paper. 24.3 x 19.7 cm, 36.5 x 29.9 cm. Signed in the embossed print lower right: horst antes. The sheet is loose. Antes studied with HAP Grieshaber in Karlsruhe and has been a professor at the local art academy since 1967. The main theme of his work is the ”head-foot figure” human, a dwarf-like creature shown in profile with its huge head. In the early 1960s, he turned to a new figurative painting with this.