Untitled

Untitled

Emil Nolde

1905

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a dark, swirling scene with rough lines. A woman stands in the center, arms raised, her body half-lit. Around her, shadowy figures crouch or reach upward. The sky above looks stormy, with jagged marks like lightning. The artist used a method called etching, where acid bites into metal to create the lines. This makes the image look both scratchy and deep. Look up etching to see how it works.

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