Inner Tropical Seas

1944

Werner Drewes

Associated Names
Werner Drewes

Artist, American, 1899 - 1985

The image displays swirling and curving shapes in black, white, and blue against a muted green and blue background with abstract forms. The shapes create a dynamic flow. There are bands of color that twist and turn, guiding the eye across the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    coor woodcut on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 45.2 cm (12 x 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.98

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rose 1984, no. III.120

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Wolfe Street Gallery, Alexandria, VA); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 19, 1976; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Rose, Ingrid. Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. Munich and New York: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984, p. 323, no. III.120.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 32-XXXV; lower right in graphite: Drewes - 1944; lower left edge in graphite: INNER TROPICAL SEAS

Wikidata ID

Q76359818

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