Untitled

Untitled

Christian Rohlfs

1921

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This is a rough, textured figure standing in a doorway. The person wears a long coat and hat, their face blurred and hands clasped in front. The background looks like a simple archway with a dark curtain or cloth behind it. The image is made by carving into wood and then printing—you can see the grainy lines where the tool pressed in. It’s not smooth or detailed; it’s more like a sketch left raw. Try looking up woodcut to see how this printmaking technique works.

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