Two Apples

1973

Helga Pape

Associated Names
Helga Pape

Artist, German, active 1960

The image displays two large spherical shapes resembling apples at the top, overlapping a textured background filled with abstract shapes and leaf-like patterns. The color palette consists mainly of shades of blue and green, with hints of white providing contrast. The spherical shapes are centered towards the top, while the textured and abstract elements spread across the lower portion of the image, creating layers and depth.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint and etching on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 × 24.6 cm (12 7/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 56.5 × 47.9 cm (22 1/4 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.435

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Weintraub Gallery, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 8, 1983; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed, numbered and dated below image, in graphite: 3/8 Helga Pape 73

Wikidata ID

Q76556907

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