Roger Herman

German, born 1947

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Roger Herman, Mask, 1985, color woodcut with hand-painting on Barrier wove paper, Gift of Joshua P. Smith, 2005.61.2

Mask

Roger Herman · 1985 · color woodcut with hand-painting on Barrier wove paper ·  Accession ID  2005.61.2

Printed in burnt orange on cream-white paper, the head and neck of a man facing our left is created with visible, slashing gouges in this vertical woodcut. The man is balding or has a high forehead and hollow eyes, high cheekbones, and a twisted, small mouth. The artist signed and dated the sheet under the printed image in the lower left corner, “Roger Herman 1983.” Other graphite inscriptions include “Vincent” under the center and “10/10” under the lower right corner.
Roger Herman, Vincent, 1983, woodcut in orange on wove paper, Gift of Joshua P. Smith, 2005.61.3

Vincent

Roger Herman · 1983 · woodcut in orange on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2005.61.3