Minneapolis Institute of Art

Sailboats on a Lake (Segelbboten auf einem see)

Siegfried Berndt

Date

c. 1920

Medium

Color woodcut

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Woodcut artists in Siegfried Berndt’s day liked to carve planks from cherry, pear, and linden trees. Berndt preferred walnut, a harder, more difficult wood that allowed him the precision of a metal engraver, witnessed by the stiff lines of these sails. There is a vertical line below the middle sailboat where the ink has pooled, perhaps reflecting an imperfection in the paper or a split in the block. Germany, Europe

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