Ferntaster II

1920

Johannes Molzahn

Associated Names
Johannes Molzahn

Artist, German, 1892 - 1965

The image is composed of geometric shapes and flowing lines. It features an assortment of triangles, circles, and spirals interwoven with curved lines. The textured background enhances the interplay of forms, resembling elements of clock mechanisms or architectural blueprints.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and spit-bite on heavy wove buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 × 16 cm (8 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 48 × 32 cm (18 7/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.385

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Salzmann 1977, no. 31, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 17, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Salzmann, Siegfried, Güse, Ernst-Gerhard, Lange, Barbara. Johannes Molzahn: Das druckgraphische Werk. Duisburg: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, 1977: nos. 31, only

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, in graphite: Joh Molzahn 20; at the bottom of the sheet, in graphite: J: 10-20/XXVIII Ferntaster II

Wikidata ID

Q76556789

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