Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
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Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
Had this one a while, bought in Germany, and have never been able to decipher the signature. It came with a few other prints from listed artists, dated from the early 1960s through to the very early 1970s.
Originally I thought it was a warty-looking prostitute hanging about under a streetlamp, but it was later suggested that it might be a representation of the eponymous main character of the German song, Lili Marleen / Marlène - although the figure looks quite run-down to be the subject of the classic lovesong, but possibly it is a play on the imagery.
Any thoughts?
Originally I thought it was a warty-looking prostitute hanging about under a streetlamp, but it was later suggested that it might be a representation of the eponymous main character of the German song, Lili Marleen / Marlène - although the figure looks quite run-down to be the subject of the classic lovesong, but possibly it is a play on the imagery.
Any thoughts?
Re: Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
it looks very pixilated,is that down to sizing?
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Re: Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
That was the image host grumbling over the large size - I've shrunk it down a little and it seems to display okay now.
Re: Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
Oh my God!
Quick,pixilate it again Nic,it reminds me of the street that I took on the way to work when I was in my 20's,all the worst looking hookers would still be up and looking for business
Quick,pixilate it again Nic,it reminds me of the street that I took on the way to work when I was in my 20's,all the worst looking hookers would still be up and looking for business
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Re: Large Woodcut Print - Lili Marleen?
don't think it has any to do with the song Lili Marlen. The signature reads something like S. Ra(t)hstein or Ratenstein
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