Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte: Schlemihl in der Einsamkeit des Zimmers (Peter Schlemihl's Wondrous Story: Schlemihl in the Solitude of His Room)
1915
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1915
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This woodcut shows a lone man sitting in a dim room, playing a violin. His face is shadowed, hands gripping the instrument. Behind him, a yellow-lit window frames a crowd of ghostly, blurred figures watching from outside. The colors are bold—blacks, blues, and bright yellows—with sharp lines that make everything look slightly off-kilter. The artist used two wood blocks to layer colors, which gives the print its bold, flat look. The ghostly crowd might hint at loneliness or unseen pressure. Next, check out woodcut to see how artists carve images into wood blocks.
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