In the midst of a Germany divided by the Cold War, Georg Baselitz sought to develop a style of art making that broke free from the dominance of American abstraction in Europe. In this series, Baselitz demonstrated this nonconformity by literally flipping his compositions upside down. One Week documents a pastoral landscape over the course of a week from slightly different vantage points. Upending the assumption of tranquility by showing the world literally upside down, the series alludes to the chaos of twentieth-century life in Germany. The deeply etched marks that cut across the surface of the plate further enhance the disorienting nature of the inverted compositions. This disorientation encourages viewers to look more closely, leading them to realize they are viewing a landscape rather than a complete abstraction