Monsters

In Monsters, white contour lines curve around humanoid figures. One figure is leaf shaped, stretching from the print’s top left corner to the bottom right. This leaf resembles a human face, with eyes, eyebrows, and even forehead lines at the top, a nose in the middle, and beneath it a mustache and mouth. The mouth looks like a leaf as well, its veins resembling cracked lips. Next to the figure is a drum set, where a tree branch extends up towards its ear. The natural element of this print continues with the second figure, who has a tree trunk for a neck, twisted branches stretching upwards. One of the branches has a snake head attached to it, and its forked tongue reaches out to the bass being strummed by the same figure’s large hand. This tree-person also wears a suit and tie like a proper jazz musician. They’re supported by two spindly hands for feet.

Becker, Frederick G.

Derrell, Emma (description)

Helquist, Morgan (photography)

New Deal Museum, Mount Morris NY

Object #FA 1117

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Woodcut on paper

Iage: 4 x 5 in.
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.