Untitled
Hansen-Bahia (Karl-Heinz Hansen), Untitled, 1971, woodcut on paper, Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, © unknown, research required, 87.76.35
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- Title
Untitled
- Artist
Hansen-Bahia (German, active Brazil and Ethiopia, 1915-1976)
- Date
1971
- Medium
woodcut on paper
- Edition
3rd artist's proof
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 27 3/4 in x 10 3/8 in; sheet: 34 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: To Jacob Kainen
inscription: 28 IX 1971 IV
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen
- Accession Number
87.76.35
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Hansen-Bahia's peripatetic career took him from his native Germany to Brazil, and then to Ethiopia, where he lived for three years while awaiting Brazilian citizenship. His style and technique, however, remain rooted in the long German tradition of woodcut. In this example, the vertical press used to print woodblocks is pictured; a figure of a nude woman—muse, model, or, perhaps, personification of the press—is intertwined with the gears and levers of the machine.
This sheet is dedicated to Jacob Kainen (1909-2001), a painter, printmaker, and Curator of Prints at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Exhibitions
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum
