Erich Heckel characterizes the rough dune landscape at the North Sea with the vibrant structure of the cut wood. Just how much he is into the medium's diverse effects becomes obvious in the execution of the multicolor variant of the motif in different color combinations; our sheet is kept in black, yellow and blue. Dube mentions "color print from two printing blocks . in black, yellow and blue". The artist employed various methods for color woodcuts, in this case the plate with the drawing is transferred to the color plates, realizing a precise contrast level, in a final step the printing blocks are pulled off one after another. This process becomes obvious in somewhat blurred right printing margin.