Intrusion

1974

Werner Drewes

Associated Names
Werner Drewes

Artist, American, 1899 - 1985

The image consists of bold black lines and shapes on a white background, forming an intricate abstract pattern. Dominant curves, arcs, sharp angles intersect creating a fragmented machinery gears-like appearance. There are parallel and diagonal lines resembling rungs of a ladder or beams of an incomplete structure. The artwork evokes connections to industrial elements and musical instruments.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61.1 x 48.4 cm (24 1/16 x 19 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.145.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rose 1984, no. III.320

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Jacob and Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Rose, Ingrid. Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. Munich and New York: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984, p. 389, no. III.320.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No. 22/XL; lower right in graphite: Drewes - 74.; across bottom in graphite: To Ruth + Jacob in friendship, Werner; (by unknown hand) #330 INTRUSION

Wikidata ID

Q76359838

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