cover, Hans Windisch

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Hans Windisch, cover
Hans Windisch, cover
Hans Windisch
cover
1920
Hans Windisch
1891–1965
cover, 1920
Portfolio/Series title: Palmström - Steinzeichnungen au Christian Morgenstern (Palmström - Lithographs to accompany Christian Morgenstern)
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: bond cover; ink; relief print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 375 x 310 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 3/4 x 12 3/16 in
Credit line: Transfer from Art and Architecture Library
Accession number: 1991.0434
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"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
The painter and graphic artist Hans Windisch studied in Dresden and was active in Berlin, where this suite of lithographs was printed. Windisch's blend of expressionism and constructivism brings to mind the sets of Fritz Lang's 1926 movie classic, Metropolis.

The German poet Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) began his career with studies in art history and folklore. His witty, wry, and fantastic verse has been likened to that of Lewis Carroll and was of interest to the Dadaists. Palmström is one the primary characters in Morgenstern's poems. The lithographs shown here are responses to Morgenstern's poems, predominantly those collected under the title Galgenlieder (Gallows songs), many of which involve Palmström.