Man With a Ball Woodblock Style:Brazil, c. 1964 a commune in Lot

a commune in Lot

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Dorothy Alison

English Title: Slave M

Man With a Ball Woodblock Style:Brazil, c. 1964 a commune in LotOriginal woodblock by Brazilian artist Joaquim Pedro Ribeiro Araujo. This handcrafted woodblock is a plate Joaquim used to make his prints, and we also offer prints of this woodblock in our store. The carved man's face here is particularly expressive, a feat for an image composed of deliberately imprecise lines and edges. The rough wood carvings in this piece lend the design a degree of texture and depth that the two dimensional prints could not