Otto Plaug Jr.New York, Germany,1898-2000Surreal depiction of a man cast in shadows gripping behind the head of a rattlesnake. This drawing was removed from a portfolio of 30 works to which we will be selling over time with examples spanning from the early 1900's to his later modernist works of the 1940's during WWII.Ink on paper,Paper 18" x 14",Signed "Plaug 42" lower right corner, signed "Otto Plaug" and annotated "Destroying the Serpent" on verso.Originally purchased from the estate of the artist, New York, from the collection of a Plainfield, Connecticut gentleman.