Leda

Black and white woodcut print of a swan with its neck curved downward and its body surrounded by curved lines. The swan's body is mostly white with black shading. The background is dark. The artist's signature and the year '1925' are in the bottom-right corner. The title 'Leda' is in the bottom-left corner. A small number '13/25' is in the top-left corner.

Artwork details

Dimensions:: 632 × 893 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

Le Sphynx...mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Chimere: Moi,Je suis legere et joyeuse (The Sphinx: "My gaze, which nothing can deflect, passes through the things and remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "I am weightless and joyful")

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head

The Vintages!: Seven Owls and a Serpent

The Chimera Gazed at All Things with Fear

Newborn in a Bonnet (Le nouveau-né au bonnet]

Cranes

Woman Putting on Her Shoes

Italian Sketchbook: Standing Woman (page 50)

Ia orana Maria (Hail Mary)

Animal Studies: Two Silver Herons

Apres cela je vis descendre du ciel un ange qui avait la clef de l'abime, et une grande chaine en sa main (And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand)