Abstract Composition

1920

Arnold Topp

Associated Names
Arnold Topp

Artist, German, 1887 - 1945

The image contains angular shapes and lines with sharp edges intersecting in various directions. The abstract composition features shapes resembling shards of glass or icicles protruding from a dark canvas, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow. There is an arch or circular line amidst these elements. The arrangement evokes a sense of shattered or fragmented images, prompting the viewer to connect the abstract pieces to familiar forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid tissue paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 × 21.4 cm (10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 × 24.1 cm (12 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.489

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Enders 2007, no. 20.Hs.15, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 5, 1997; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Enders, Rainer. Arnold Topp, ein Lebensbild. Weimar : Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften, 2007: no. 20.Hs.15, only

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: Orig. Holzschnitt Handdruck; below image, at right, in graphite: Arnold Topp 1920.

Wikidata ID

Q76557037

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