Joseph Uhl (New York 1877-1945 Bergen Traunstein)
"Askese" ["Asceticism"]
1916
pencil drawing, mounted on carrier cardboard
23,5 x 16,5 cm
signed and dated lower right: "JosUhl 1916."
inscribed below left: "ASKESE Original"
Original drawing for the etching of the same name (100 copies) published around 1920 - nun as a standing female nude with a wreath of thorns around her hips and hands clawed into her breasts.