Apollo

1922

Willi Baumeister

Associated Names
Willi Baumeister

Artist, German, 1889 - 1955

The image shows a composition of geometric shapes and lines, primarily circles, rectangles, and curves, all intertwined in an abstract form. A human-like figure can be discerned, resembling a person sitting upright, with a half-curved shape for a head and simple lines for eyes and a mouth. The arm curves downward, suggesting a seated posture, and the division in patterns implies clothing or different textures. The overall composition creates the impression of a stylized human figure using minimalistic and geometric elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.9 × 30.8 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.162

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Spielmann 2005, no. 18, State only

  • Series Title

    Die Schaffenden (Vol 4)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 1, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Spielmann, Heinz. Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005: no. 18, only

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: Baumeister; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 110/102/75 Willy Baumeister, Apoll

Wikidata ID

Q76556254

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