Untitled (Figure and Circle Segment)

1925

Willi Baumeister

Associated Names
Willi Baumeister

Artist, German, 1889 - 1955

The image depicts an arrangement of geometric shapes and lines intersecting in an abstract composition. Various colors like red, blue, black, beige, and peach are present. The design could be reminiscent of architectural blueprints or mechanical parts, resembling a busy urban landscape or complex machine. There are parts that look like a stylized human silhouette and a suggestion of a clock face in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.7 x 23.1 cm (15 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.9 x 27.5 cm (18 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.256

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Spielmann 2005, no. 23b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Untitled.

Bibliography

2005

  • Spielmann, Heinz. Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik. Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005: no. 23b.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baumeister

Wikidata ID

Q76359875

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