Rollo
c. 1938
At first glance, you might mistake this heavy, rusted spiral for a giant snail shell or a ram's horn, but it's actually a classical architectural scroll called a volute. Erwin Stenzel meticulously rendered this ornamental fragment, likely from an Ionic column capital, highlighting its weathered texture and the two small holes used to mount it. Created around 1938, this study transforms a mundane building detail into a captivating subject, proving that even the oldest, most functional pieces of architecture hold a quiet, spiral beauty worth preserving on paper.