Messerwerfer (Knife Thrower)

1961

Paul Wunderlich

Associated Names
Paul Wunderlich

Artist, German, 1927 - 2010

Atelier Desjobert

Printer

The image features stark, elongated shapes and jagged lines forming an abstract composition with two central figures. On the left, a rectangular shape encloses a distorted form resembling a human figure, with arrow-like elements protruding in various directions. The right side features another figure, fleshy and muscular, with an elongated limb reaching sideways. The background swirls with textured patterns, adding depth to the abstract scenery.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in green and black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.2 x 48.5 cm (15 1/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 49.8 x 65 cm (19 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.73

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Riediger 1983, no. 173

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Riediger, Carsten. Paul Wunderlich – Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 1948 bis 1982: Catalogue raisonné. Offenbach am Main, Germany: Volker Huber, 1983, pp. 98-99, no. 173.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: 61; lower left in graphite: 5/20; lower right in graphite: Wunderlich

Watermarks

BFK Rives

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