A large monochromatic woodcut print by Swiss graphic artist and painter Ernst Ramseier (1936–2020), subverting the familiar iconography of Lili Marleen to depict a sex worker in high leather boots and garish make-up waiting under a lamp-post. Untitled and undated, but apparently a companion piece to his large-scale woodcut ‘Die Zuhälter’ (‘The Pimps’) from the mid- to late-1970s, which features similar figures, lamp-post and detailed chipped mosaic background.

As here, Ramseier frequently turned his attention to people on the margins of society, often depicting them in an unsettling or uncompromising manner. His work often shows particular interest in the uneasy relationship between the figures, their surroundings, and the viewer. 

Signed and numbered in pencil, ‘7/270 – E. Ramseier’.

Height: 680 mm / 26.7"

Width or Diameter: 550 mm / 21.6"

Condition: Minor wear to the paper edges and margins, otherwise excellent and ready to frame.