%C2%A9 Estate Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth
Phantoms, 1934
Color woodcut on Japan paperexpand_more
Gift of Marla J. Kinney in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Minneapolis Institute of Artsexpand_more 2015.52
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A participant in the Vienna Secession exhibitions, Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth was a skilled animal painter and accomplished printmaker. Her innovative woodcuts and linocuts were both influential and deceivingly simple—translating the appearance and behaviors of animals into forceful graphics full of energy and movement. In Phantoms, Bresslern-Roth represents three black panthers hunting silently in the moonlight. The figures’ dark silhouettes, which stand out against the cool green grass, capture the panthers’ stealthy power and chilling elegance, and their giant formless shadows evoke the phantoms that haunt children’s dreams.
Details
- Title
- Phantoms
- Artist Life
- 1891-1978
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.52
- Provenance
- [Davidson Galleries, Seattle, until 2007; sold to Kinney]; Marla Kinney, Minneapolis (2007-15); given to MIA
- Curator Approved
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