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82.81 Courting (Werbung)
1922
Etching, 12 3/4 x 9 7/8" (32.4 x 25.4 cm)
Signed, lr: Genin
Print from Die Schaffenden, III. Jg., 2. Mappe; Die Schaffenden stamp in lover left corner
Genin, Robert
Born Wisokoje (near Smolensk), Russia, August 11, 1884; died Moscow, 1941 or 1943 (suicide)
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82.81 Courting (Werbung)
1922
Etching, 12 3/4 x 9 7/8" (32.4 x 25.4 cm)
Signed, lr: Genin
Print from Die Schaffenden, III. Jg., 2. Mappe; Die Schaffenden stamp in lover left corner
Lovers (Liebesparr) 1922
Courting (Werbung) 1922
These etchings give a good indication of Genin’s simplified graphic style. A sense of eroticism, as well as violence, permeates these views. As with Kubin, Genin’s images seem to demand some narrative explanation; they appear to be illustrations for a story.
