Printed on black paper, the etching "Die Herrschaft der Frauen" (The Rule of Women) renders, in luminous white lines, a highly stylized everyday technical object that Konrad Klapheck elevates to an almost figural, monumental presence. From a rounded, head-like upper element and blocky lower forms emerges an apparatus that appears at once matter-of-fact and mysteriously animated. The black ground lends the motif a floating, almost sculptural effect. Characteristic of Klapheck is the combination of precisely rendered machines with psychologically charged titles that often allude to human relationships – as here.