Street II

1913

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image depicts an abstract urban scene with dynamic lines and shapes. The buildings have exaggerated angles and curves, resembling city structures like houses and shops. Zigzagging lines and clusters of shorter strokes convey movement, while swirling cloud-like shapes in the sky add to the lively atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.9 × 13.9 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 33.6 × 25.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, undisc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 25, 1992, lot 481); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Flammann, Winfried. Ludwig Meidner: 1884-1966; das druckgraphische Werk, ein Überblick. Hofheim am Taunus, 1991: undisc.

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: Probedruck; below image, at right, in graphite: L. Meidner / 1913; at the bottom of the sheet, in graphite, by later hand: 3568/2; 1269/23 / Strasse II

Wikidata ID

Q76347945

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