Adam and Eve

1921

Georg Alexander Mathéy

Artist, German, born Austria-Hungary (now Romania), 1876 - 1968

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.8 x 20.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.98.360


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 12, 1997; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Inscriptions

lower right below image, in graphite: G. A. Mathey

Markings

verso, stamp in black ink: JK

Wikidata ID

Q76340727


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