Seated Nude

c. 1914

Paul Gangolf

Associated Names
Paul Gangolf

Artist, German, German, 1879 - 1936

The image is a black and white print depicting a stylized nude female figure. The person is shown sitting with legs bent and one arm across the chest. The face features abstract lines for eyes and mouth, with dark hair above the head. The figure is nude with no clothing or accessories. The background includes stylized foliage or patterns. The print is centered with the artist's signature in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.5 × 25 cm (12 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
    image: 14 × 8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.206

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rathenau 1964, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leonard Niethammer, Frankfurt (blindstamp; not in Lugt). (Libby Howie, London); Ruth Cole Kainen [1929-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased October 8, 1986; gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1964

  • Rathenau, Ernest. Im Memoriam Paul Gangolf. Berlin: Euphorin Verlag, 1964, undescribed.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under image, in graphite: Gangolf; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: x

Markings

stamp, verso center, in black ink: RCK; blind stamp, upper right: LEGNH. NIETHAMMERFRANKFURT A/M [not in Lugt]

Wikidata ID

Q76556353

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