Untitled
1915
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1915
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1915 ink by Walter Helbig, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows two tall, black figures standing close together. Their bodies are simple shapes—straight lines for arms, rounded curves for hips. The background looks like rough, dark trees or branches, almost like a shadowy forest. The whole scene is in black and white, with no shading except for a few light areas on the figures’ skin. The artist signed it in 1915, but it wasn’t published until 1926. The print is part of a set of woodcuts, which means it was carved into wood and then printed. Try looking up woodcut to see how this technique works.
Walter Helbig (1878–1968) was a German artist, born in Falkenstein.
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