Untitled

2012

Untitled, 2012. Nicole Eisenman (American, b. 1965). Woodcut; image: 60.3 x 45.1 cm (23 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.); sheet: 63.2 x 47.9 cm (24 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charlotte Ekker and Charlotte Van der Veer Memorial Fund 2019.231 © Nicole Eisenman This print by Nicole Eisenman references the German Expressionist artist Erich Heckel’s 1919 woodcut Portrait of a Man. Eisenman reversed the direction of the original image but adapted the sideways glance and clasped hands seen in the elder artist’s print. In the upper right corner, she added a small moon, and printed the two sides of the image in black and white, suggesting that the figure is outside looking in. This work was made during a year when Nicole Eisenman focused primarily on mastering various printmaking techniques.