Rückenfigur
The compositional device of presenting a figure from behind
Rückenfigur is a German term meaning "figure from the back" or "back figure."
Jamie Wyeth, Record Player, 1964
Jamie Wyeth’s painting shows a crouching figure transfixed by a phonograph that we only know about from the painting’s title.
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