Fesselstern

Arnulf Rainer

1975

Photogravure, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

A black and white photogravure depicts a person's head and upper torso, overlaid with a dense network of thin, dark lines radiating outwards from the center of the face. The lines create a starburst or fesselstern effect, obscuring the facial features and suggesting a sense of entrapment or intensity.