Steile Strasse -- Der Strahl

1918

Walter Dexel

Associated Names
Walter Dexel

Artist, German, 1890 - 1973

The image features bold black lines and shapes arranged in an intricate pattern. The intersecting angles and varied forms create an abstract composition. Some shapes resemble parts of known objects like letters or arrows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 18.6 x 22 cm (7 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 x 30.4 cm (10 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.271

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vitt 1971, no. 5

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 Steep Street--the Ray.

Bibliography

1971

  • Vitt, Walter. Walter Dexel, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik. Cologne, 1971.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: W. Dexel-18

Wikidata ID

Q76359683

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