In the Morning 1957 - 1961

Anatoli Kaplan made this lithograph called ‘In the Morning’, and it feels like the culmination of a life of observing. You know, I can almost feel his hand moving across the stone, gently coaxing these textures to appear. I bet he wasn't thinking about anything in particular when he made this. He was just lost in the process of bringing this room to life. And what a room! There is so much going on. Check out the way the light flickers through the window, and how it lands on that fluffy lamb, the cat perched high up on the dresser, like a furry little sphinx. The whole thing is a dance of darks and lights. You know, I can see echoes of Kollwitz in the way he uses the darkness to convey a sense of comfort, but also of being slightly burdened. He's part of that grand tradition of printmakers who find poetry in the everyday.