Untitled

1962

Gerhard Hoehme

Associated Names
Gerhard Hoehme

Artist, German, 1920 - 1989

The image shows a complex array of lines and shapes scattered across the canvas, intersecting and overlapping. It has an abstract style with marks and smudges that may evoke thoughts of a dense urban landscape or a forest with winding paths. There are clusters of dark spots resembling birds or leaves on branches, and bold arcs suggesting bridges or natural arches. The texture and tone of the piece give it an earthy, organic feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in red-brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25 x 31.9 cm (9 13/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.2 x 33.8 cm (13 1/16 x 13 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.287

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Heuer 1992, no. 72

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 1, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Heuer, Egon. Gerhard Hoehme. Die Druckgrafik. Markisches Museum der Stadt Witten, Witten. 1992: no. 72

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 47/65 Radierung; lower right in graphite: G. Hoehme 62

Wikidata ID

Q76556536

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