artist-erich-heckel: Crouching Nude, Erich Heckel, 1914, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Dr

artist-erich-heckel: Crouching Nude, Erich Heckel, 1914, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and DrawingsOne of the leading German Expressionist artists, Erich Heckel championed the reinvigoration of German art by a return to the woodcut, a medium associated with both medieval German art and the primal energies of tribal art. Here Heckel portrays his future wife, Sidi Riha, with downcast eyes, full of melancholic, brooding emotion. Sidi was a dancer and seems to have been well aware of the power of gesture.Size: 16 ½ x 12 in. (41.91 x 30.48 cm) (image) 28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm) (sheet)Medium: Woodcut on Japan paperhttps://collections.artsmia.org/art/50312/ -- source link
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