Pascin, Drawing (Pascin, zeichnend)
Emil Orlik
German, 1870–1932
(1911)
A small, intimate portrait print in etching, drypoint, and roulette showing an artist bent over his drawing, meant to convey absorbed concentration and the intimacy of studio practice.
You’re struck by the hunched profile and restless, finely described hands hovering over the paper, rendered in delicate, trembling lines and a soft gray ground with a solitary inkwell anchoring the empty table.
Made in 1911, the print documents modernist studio life and exemplifies how etching, drypoint, and roulette could be combined to translate fleeting gestures and psychological presence into a subtle, reproducible image.
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and roulette
Dimensions
Plate 3 7/8 x 4 13/16" (9.8 x 12.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
462.1940
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