Anna Stahn’s two etchings Newspaper print and Love letter are based on different ways of communicating messages.
Newspaper print replicates a broadsheet newspaper, created with Stahn’s characteristic line that covers the entire composition. Her ornamental scribbles divide the print into sections and columns, with headings and accompanying illustrations. While her prints are predominantly small intimate expressions, with Newspaper print Stahn has increased the scale but retains a sense of intimacy through the detailed etched lines.
The etching Love letter replicates an airmail envelope, with its characteristic border pattern of red and blue. Love letter refers a nostalgic past when these striped envelopes indicated the senders wish of fast air mail delivery. The envelope is sealed with a heart. Love letters are recurring motifs in Stahn’s practice.