Untitled

Untitled

Karl Hofer

1922

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

You see two dancers in mid-motion, their bodies twisted like ribbons. The lines are bold but simple—no faces, no background, just the sweep of arms and legs. Hofer made this in 1922, right after World War I. Germany was raw, and art often felt jagged or uncertain. This print strips dance down to its bones, as if movement itself could heal. Look up lithography to see how ink sticks to stone and paper picks up every mark.

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