Blatt 9: Der Wasseresel (The Seahorse), Hans Windisch

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1891–1965
Blatt 9: Der Wasseresel (The Seahorse), 1920
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: lithograph
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
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Transfer from Art and Architecture Library
Accession number: 1991.0434.10
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Exhibition Label: "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.

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