Ihr Menschen Vereinigt Euch

1919-1920

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert

Associated Names
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert

Artist, German, 1894 - 1933

The image features bold, dark lines and curved shapes forming an abstract composition on a light background. The abstract arrangement resembles a human figure reaching upwards with text surrounding it. The flowing lines and dynamic shapes suggest familiar objects like a person in motion, while the text adds an element of mystery and complexity to the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.5 × 13.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.9 × 14.5 cm (9 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.642

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohnen 1978, no. 267.6, State only

  • Series Title

    Rufe (Plate 6)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Käthe Jatho, Cologne. (Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, December 10, 1986, lot 998); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Bohnen, Uli. Franz W. Seiwert, 1894-1933, Leben und Werk. Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1978: no. 267.6, only

Inscriptions

lettered in image: IHR MENSCHEN VEREINIGT EUCH; on verso, in graphite: H47635

Wikidata ID

Q76557551

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