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About this work

You see a black-and-white print of a snarling tiger, its body twisted mid-leap against a dark background. Kohn carved this image directly into a wood block, then pressed it onto paper. The tight, crisscrossing lines—called cross-hatching—build up the tiger’s fur and shadows without any shading. It’s like a drawing made with a knife instead of a pencil. To see how other artists used the same sharp lines, look up engraving.