Dampfer (Steamer)

1920

Bernhard Kretzschmar

Associated Names
Bernhard Kretzschmar

Artist, German, 1889 - 1972

The image features sweeping curved lines and angular shapes that form an abstract composition. The forms suggest boats or ships with smokestacks, appearing to navigate through a river or canal. The background shows arched structures resembling tunnels or bridges. The overall design may evoke the activity of industrial urban waterways.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint, etching and open bite on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 × 31.8 cm (10 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 32 × 43.9 cm (12 5/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.337

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schmidt 1980, Vol. (R), no. 61, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galleria Henze SAS, Lugano); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased June 28, 1974; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Schmidt, Gudrun. Bernhard Kretzschmar: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik 1914 bis 1969. Berlin: Galerie Arkade, 1981: no. 61, only.

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: Dampfer / Probedruck; below image, at right, in graphite: B. Kretzschmar 20; at bottom right corner, in graphite, by later hand: RCK; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: L106

Wikidata ID

Q76556661

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