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Building in Space

1938

Werner Drewes

Associated Names

Werner Drewes

Artist, American, 1899 - 1985

The image displays intersecting geometric shapes utilizing lines and angles. It features rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms arranged in a fragmented or stylized structure resembling a futuristic city skyline. The composition includes a large white rectangle, navy blue and orange triangles, and various other geometric forms in contrasting colors like deep blue, bright orange, and muted yellow. The arrangement evokes an architectural feel suggestive of buildings. The abstract design invites interpretations related to modern architecture or space.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color woodcut on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Dimensions

image: 15.08 × 19.37 cm (5 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 16.35 × 23.34 cm (6 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.2992
Catalogue Raisonné

Rose 1984, no. III.105

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

Rose, Ingrid. Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. Munich and New York: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984, p. 317, no. III.105.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A/P BUILDING IN SPACE; lower right in graphite: Drewes 1938

Wikidata ID

Q77015167

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