(Nude)

Wanda Agnes Reichman-Roose

Danish artist Wanda Roose (born Wanda Agnes Reichman) created this etching of a woman emerging from a natural rock pool around 1920. As with much of her printed work, it’s done in a small format and is simple in execution, yet despite these limitations it holds tremendous beauty and mystery. Roose was especially known for her images of the natural world, and figurative works were less common in her oeuvre with female forms often appearing as mythical creatures. In this image, there is nothing whimsical or fantastical about the subject; it’s merely a study of a candid moment. As the woman climbs out of the rock pool, she looks back at her viewer, matter of fact and unabashed.

This image was in the collection of author / scholar Georg Brochner, Danish critic and author, who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century.