Fritz Baumann

Swiss, 1886 - 1943?

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The image features chaotic, overlapping lines and shapes that converge into multiple human-like faces with exaggerated features. Bold colors and jagged forms are used to evoke a crowd of people expressing various emotions with wide-open mouths and large, intense eyes. The faces are interconnected and overlapping, resembling a tightly packed collection of masks or caricatures.
Fritz Baumann, Masks, 1913, hand-colored woodcut on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2002.3.1

Masks

Fritz Baumann · 1913 · hand-colored woodcut on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2002.3.1