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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Glockenschiff (Bell Ship)

1981

Felix Droese

Associated Names

Felix Droese

Artist, German, born 1950

The image displays an assortment of tangled lines and shapes in varied colors. It is an abstract composition featuring intertwining black and bright yellow lines. These overlapping shapes create a complex pattern, resembling an industrial machine or a network of interwoven pathways.

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Artwork overview

Medium

monoprint woodcut in black, brown, yellow, and red on commercial paper bag
Credit Line

Joshua P. Smith Collection
Dimensions

image: 24.2 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1992.71.11

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Felix Droese 1981

Wikidata ID

Q75118987

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