1916
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1916 ink by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a person’s head, cut into sharp, angular shapes. The face looks serious, with heavy lines for the hair and hat. The eyes are slits, and the mouth is a straight line, giving it a stiff, almost mask-like feel. The artist used a printing method where ink is pressed into carved wood, then stamped onto paper. That’s why the lines are so clean and bold. Next, look up woodcut to see how this technique works.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Karl Schmidt until 1905; 1 December 1884 – 10 August 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.
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