1918
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1918 ink by Christian Rohlfs, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows a seated man with a serious face, gripping the arms of a chair. His body is angled forward, hands clenched tight. The lines are thick and rough, almost like scratches, with no soft shading. The background looks like a dark room with a window or door frame at the top. The artist used a tool to carve into wood, then inked the grooves to make the image. That’s how woodcuts work—simple but bold. Check out more about the technique: woodcut.
Christian Rohlfs (November 22, 1849 - January 8, 1938) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the important representatives of German expressionism.
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