Isa made only one readymade which was a drawing from Courbet she ‘reproduced’ as photographs. However, even here she was not so much interested in reproducing the image of the work but rather highlighting the scenery of the Courbet drawing, which showed woodmen at work and a non-working figure in the front. The relationship of the figure and the two woodworkers reminded her of her own practice at that time, when Genzken collaborated with mathematicians, computer specialists and carpenters to construct and fabricate her early wooden sculptures