Perpetuum Mobile

1968

Friedrich Meckseper

Associated Names
Friedrich Meckseper

Artist, German, German, 1936 - 2019

The image shows concentric circles connected by lines fanning out from a central point, creating a ripple effect. The composition combines linear and circular elements, resembling a wheel or celestial chart. The black dots connected by lines suggest a molecule or atomic model structure. The background features faded lines and textures resembling an aged map or blueprint, with smudges and splatters resembling a starry sky or splattered paint. The inscription "Perpetuum Mobile" is at the bottom, accompanied by arrows and intricate line formations.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.6 × 19.9 cm (11 1/4 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.3 × 39.2 cm (21 × 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.365

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schmucking 1975, no. 99, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, March 18, 1970, lot 235); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Schmücking, Rolf. Meckseper: Werkverzeichnis der Radierungen, 1956-1975. Braunschweig: Galerie Schmücking, 1975: no. 99, only

Inscriptions

lettered in image, at lower center: Perpetuum Mobile; below image, at left, in graphite: c. a.; signed and dated, below image, at right, in graphite: Meckseper 68; at the bottom of the sheet, in graphite, by later hand: /578; 95-

Wikidata ID

Q76556738

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