Mona 1968

"Mona" is a woodcut print created by Jacob Kainen in 1968. The artwork depicts a woman with simplified features, her body rendered in stark black and white. The background features bold, parallel lines, which appear to be a chair or a patterned wall. The image is created through a traditional woodcut technique, with the artist carving into the woodblock and then inking it to make a print. This style of graphic art is often associated with the Expressionist movement, which valued bold colors and simplified forms to express emotional intensity.