Die Hollanderin 1940

Imre Reiner made 'Die Hollanderin' as a print, so the marks would have been planned to some extent; it looks like he knew what he wanted! I find it interesting that the textures created by the hatching feel very physical. The image has a quality of lightness, or perhaps weightlessness, in the face and neck; but then there is the heavy shadow of the hair and the grounded, scratchy legs. I am reminded of Käthe Kollwitz, another German artist who worked with prints to make a powerful, yet emotionally accessible art. What I love about prints in general is that they are repeatable but variable: each one is an original, but also one of many, like a multiple unique.