The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented woodcut print in grainy black ink depicts two hands with light skin tones carving at a table. From our upper right, one hand grips a vertical tool. From the lower left, another hand with splayed fingers steadies a block. Light from an upper-left window highlights muscular forms defined by sharp white lines and heavy black shadows against a city-like skyline composed of fractured, cornered shapes.

Woodcutting Hands

1936

Hans Alexander Mueller

(American, 1888–1962)
America
woodcut
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1950.427
Location: Not on view
  • Presentation Prints of the Print Club of Cleveland: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 13-December 2, 1959).
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